Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A beet soup served hot or cold, usually with sour cream.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation, and often served with sour cream. Also, as used in the U.S., a sour cabbage soup, called in Russian shchi.

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  • noun A beetroot/beet soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Yiddish borsht, from Russian borshch, cow parsnip (the original base of the soup), borscht.]

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1884 or 1808. Yiddish באָרשט (borsht), from Russian or Ukrainian борщ (boršč).

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Examples

  • He advocates taking the word "borscht" out of the equation altogether.

    A Family Named Gold Tries to Add Cool to a Soup That's the Color Purple Lucette Lagnado 2011

  • I understand if you don't like beets by themselves, but good borscht is one of the best soups around.

    Respect for vegetables or You can't beat a beet 2008

  • I think of pletzlach as a close to ideal companion for mushroom barley soup, ukrainain borscht, or any other hearty whole meal type soup.

    Pletzlach Lindy 2005

  • Calling this beetroot soup a Polish classic is as inflammatory as an evening on the sliwowica – for a start, the name we generally know it by in this country, borscht, is Russian.

    How to cook perfect borscht 2011

  • Your beet soup or "borscht", as my husband's people call it, looks and sounds incredible.

    Recipe for Beet Soup (Παντζαρόσουπα) Laurie Constantino 2008

  • He will be very surprised that I made it, since I normally do not like the "borscht" that his mother makes.

    Recipe for Beet Soup (Παντζαρόσουπα) Laurie Constantino 2008

  • Exclude words that are still used to refer only to Russian things, such as borscht, ruble, or samovar.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » English words borrowed from Russian: 2004

  • Mrs. Anders had insisted on pronouncing "borscht" the way it was spelled, sounding out the silent "t," and no matter how often he said it correctly, she refused to vary her pronunciation.

    The Town Little, Bentley 2000

  • Load your tray with traditional Polish foods, such as borscht or pierogis, pay the cashier and do a double-take when you realize how little you spent.

    CNN.com 2009

  • Load your tray with traditional Polish foods, such as borscht or pierogis, pay the cashier and do a double-take when you realize how little you spent.

    ajc.com - News 2009

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