borscht

[ bawrsht ]

/ bɔrʃt /

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

Proving that Russian food is more than borscht, Mari Vanna in Dupont is cozy and offers hearty food that will fill you right up.

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It goes without saying that borscht and varenyky (Ukrainian stuffed dumplings) are a must try.

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Whenever one of us needed a carrot for borscht or a hand to move a drunk out of the elevator, the help arrived at once.

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She came to school toting “shame-based food” like borscht, hot potato salad, and cotletten-and-ketchup sandwiches.

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Such jokes would have made them about as popular as the Borscht Circuit comedian who told a funny story about Dachau in 1946.

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borscht

/ (bɔːʃt) /

a Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot

C19: from Russian borshch