Borscht

//bɔːʃt// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Acronym of battery feed, overvoltage protection, ringing, signalling, coding, hybrid, test (“the set of functions performed by a subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) in the line card of a telecommunication system providing plain old telephone service”). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  3. 3
    a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation wordnet
  4. 4
    Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"Borscht is often garnished with dill and sour cream."

Etymology

1884 or 1808. Borrowed from Yiddish באָרשט (borsht), from Russian or Ukrainian борщ (boršč). Doublet of barszcz.

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