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borscht

[bawrsht]
–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] , borshch [bawrsh, bawrshch] .


Origin:
1880–85; < Yiddish borsht; cf. Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Russ borshch soup with red beets as ingredient; or directly < East Slavic
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borscht also borsht   (bôrsht)   
n.  A beet soup served hot or cold, usually with sour cream.

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