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or borsch
: a soup made primarily of beets and served hot or cold often with sour cream
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Irving Berlin ordered four quarts of borscht there every week.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
At lunch, her mother carefully sets a pot of borscht on the table.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
Instead, neighbors cook borscht for the entire building.
—Daria Kolomiec, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Cold-climate countries developed thick, calorie-dense versions – Scandinavian pea soup, Russian borscht, Canadian split pea.
—Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
At lunch, her mother carefully sets a pot of borscht on the table.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
Instead, neighbors cook borscht for the entire building.
—Daria Kolomiec, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Cold-climate countries developed thick, calorie-dense versions – Scandinavian pea soup, Russian borscht, Canadian split pea.
—Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for borscht
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“Borscht.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borscht. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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from Yiddish borsht and Ukrainian and Russian borshch "beet soup"
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