Boudin

//buˈdæ̃// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of blood sausage in French, Belgian, Luxembourgish and related cuisines.

    "Eurohucksters will find it difficult to wean the sausage lovers of Liége away from their bursting black Belgian boudins and toward Birmingham's humble bangers. Beer hawkers should fare no better."

  2. 2
    A sausage in southern Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine, made from rice, ground pork (occasionally crawfish), and spices in a sausage casing.
  3. 3
    A structure formed by boudinage: one or a series of elongated, sausage-shaped section(s) in rock.

    "Formation of boudins Although the shape of the greenstone bodies resembles in many ways that of boudins as described elsewhere (Cloos, 1946, 1947; Ramberg, 1955; Jones, 1959), the shape of the greenstone bodies is believed to be ..."

Synonyms

All synonyms
boudinage

Example

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"A tale without love is like boudin without mustard."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French boudin. Doublet of pudding. Cf. also poutine.

Related phrases

boudin blancboudin noir

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