variants or borsch
: a soup made primarily of beets and served hot or cold often with sour cream

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Blaming the left for all things seen as anti-capitalist is as American as apple borscht. Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025 Grocery stores sell sauerkraut, borscht and blinis with cottage cheese. Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025 For their late lunch, Lauper ordered a potassium-rich borscht soup and traditional brown bread and butter caviar for the table. David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025 Aunt Sophia’s kitchen was bustling with the preparation of our dinner; borscht (beet soup,) fish, pierogi (dumplings} and cabbage. Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for borscht

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish borsht & Ukrainian & Russian borshch

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of borscht was in 1828

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“Borscht.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borscht. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

borscht

noun
variants or borsch
: a beet soup often served with sour cream
Etymology

from Yiddish borsht and Ukrainian and Russian borshch "beet soup"

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