sausage

[saw-sij, sos-ij]

noun

1. minced pork, beef, or other meats, often combined, together with various added ingredients and seasonings, usually stuffed into a prepared intestine or other casing and often made in links.

2. Aeronautics.,  a sausage-shaped observation balloon, formerly used in warfare.

sausage

/ ˈsɒsɪdʒ /

noun

1. finely minced meat, esp pork or beef, mixed with fat, cereal or bread, and seasonings ( sausage meat ), and packed into a tube-shaped animal intestine or synthetic casing

2. an object shaped like a sausage

3. informal,  aeronautics a captive balloon shaped like a sausage

4. nothing at all

Other Word Forms

• sausagelike adjective
• sausage-like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sausage¹

1400–50; late Middle English sausige < dialectal Old French sausiche < Late Latin salsīcia, neuter plural of salsīcius seasoned with salt, derivative of Latin salsus salted. See sauce, -itious

Word History and Origins

Origin of sausage¹

C15: from Old Norman French saussiche, from Late Latin salsīcia, from Latin salsus salted; see _sauce

Example Sentences

The smell of roasted almonds, caramelised apples, chocolate-coated fruit, mulled wine and grilled sausages fills the air, as Christmas carols are performed live on a stage and children enjoy a small, sparkling Ferris wheel.

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I do have some non-negotiables in my stuffing, though: real sausage, fresh herbs, must taste the celery.

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Hot cross bun, sausage, like a sausage cut up.

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Examples of UPFs include sausages, crisps, pastries, biscuits, instant soups, fizzy drinks, ice cream and supermarket bread.

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I paired it with rigatoni, Italian sausage, some toasted bread crumbs and a dollop of ricotta.

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Related Words

• bratwurst