Definition of sausage
: a highly seasoned minced meat (such as pork) usually stuffed in casings of prepared animal intestine; also : a link or patty of sausage
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Examples of sausage in a Sentence
Would you like any sausage?
They bought sausages for the picnic.
Recent Examples of sausage from the Web
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Come enjoy some of the best Italian food, wine and beer including Italian sausage sandwiches, pizza, pasta, meatballs and the zeppoles from local restaurants, and shop some of our local vendors.
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Buffo's opened with a simple menu in a modest space once occupied by his grandparents' grocery store, Innocenzi recalled: Hamburgers, hot dogs, Italian sausage, Italian beef, French fries and onion rings.
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The vegan version has tofu and vegan chipotle sausage.
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Sausage making’ Legal issues aside, the emails tell a story of strong personalities and turbulent relationships.
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Boil: a peel-and-eat mess of crab, shrimp, sausage, fresh summer corn, new potatoes and Vidalia onions.
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And Americans are increasingly turning to fast-food restaurants for breakfast, where bacon and pork sausage are both popular.
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Traditional gyro meat may be paired with pepper jack cheese and Comeback sauce, topped with pesto hummus, or served with house sausage and Buffalo-wing sauce.
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Heeszel’s videos are more like Nickelodeon-style entertainment with firearms, with lots of slow-motion and videos of silly putty and frozen Vienna sausages being blasted out of shotguns.
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Origin and Etymology of sausage
Middle English sausige, from Anglo-French sauseche, saucis, from Late Latin salsicia, from Latin salsus salted — more at sauce
First Known Use: 15th century
SAUSAGE Defined for English Language Learners
sausage
playDefinition of sausage for English Language Learners
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: spicy ground meat (such as pork) that is usually stuffed into a narrow tube of skin or made into a small flat cake
SAUSAGE Defined for Kids
sausage
playDefinition of sausage for Students
1 : spicy ground meat (as pork) usually stuffed in casings
2 : a roll of sausage in a casing
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