Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
borscht [bawrsht] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- any of various eastern European soups made with beets, cabbage, potatoes, or other vegetables and served hot or chilled, often with sour cream.
Also borsch [bawrsh] /bɔrʃ/, borshch [bawrsh, bawrshch] /bɔrʃ, bɔrʃtʃ/. Origin of borscht 1880–85; Yiddish borsht; compare Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Russian borshch soup with red beets as ingredient; or directly East Slavic Examples from the Web for borsch Contemporary Examples of borsch
On dessert menu at one new hotel, a “Mondae”—frozen lard covered in borsch with a turnip on top.
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Historical Examples of borsch
I shall not go to church, though honest old Clara Petroffskovna may stare and cross herself in holy horror, and spoil the borsch.
Israel Zangwill
British Dictionary definitions for borsch borscht borsch (bɔːʃ) or borshch (bɔːʃtʃ) noun
- a Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot
Word Origin for borscht C19: from Russian borshch Word Origin and History for borsch borscht n.
1884, from Russian borshch “cow parsnip,” which was an original recipe ingredient. Borscht belt “region of predominantly Jewish resorts in and around the Catskill Mountains of New York” (also known as the Yiddish Alps) is by 1938.