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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.
2. 2
   plural of blin form-of, plural
3. 3
   Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bliny

Example

More examples

"Mary made a stack of blini for Maslenitsa."

Etymology

From Russian блины́ (bliný), plural of блин (blin, “pancake”).

Related phrases

smoked salmonsour cream

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