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kvass
[ kvahs, kwahs ]
noun
- a Russian beer made from fermenting rye or barley and having a dark color and sour taste.
kvass
/ kvɑːs /
noun
- an alcoholic drink of low strength made in Russia and E Europe from cereals and stale bread
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Origin of kvass1
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Example Sentences
Another cure is Kvass, a slightly alcoholic beverage made by soaking dried rye bread with sugar and yeast.
However, for the true Odessa experience, find a truck selling kvass, a traditional Russian beer brewed from bread.
Meanwhile, he became a kvass merchant and exercised this trade for several months.
The Slavs kept several wives, and were given to consume large quantities of a strong drink called kvass.
One day after luncheon I poured myself out a glass of kvass, and then dropped the decanter, and so stained the tablecloth.
There are, beside the ordinary kind, superior forms of the drink, such as apple or raspberry kvass.
I mixed him some oil and onion and kvass and bread broken up.
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