sausage

noun

sau·​sage ˈsȯ-sij 

plural sausages

1

: a seasoned minced or ground meat (such as pork, beef, or poultry) stuffed in casings usually of prepared animal intestine or made into patties

also : a link or patty of sausage

2

: a nonmeat link or patty similar to sausage that is made with various plant-based ingredients (such as textured vegetable protein)

see also how the sausage is made

Synonyms

• banger [British]
• link
• wurst

Examples of sausage in a Sentence

Would you like any sausage?

They bought sausages for the picnic.

Recent Examples on the Web

Italian Heat in the mouth is not the first thing that comes to mind when considering Italian food, but certain Italian American favorites like spicy rigatoni, linguine fra diavolo, or pizza topped with pepperoni, sausage, or Calabrian chilies are widely available on this side of the ocean. —Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2024

The dinner menu includes pumpkin curry ($18), crab fried rice ($24) and Laotian sausage ($12), a pork sausage served with mint, cilantro, ginger, cucumber and chiles. —Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English sausige, from Anglo-French sauseche, saucis, from Late Latin salsicia, from Latin salsus salted — more at sauce

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing sausage

• blood sausage
• how the sausage is made
• liver sausage
• not a sausage
• sausage dog
• Vienna sausage

Kids Definition

sausage

noun

sau·​sage ˈsȯ-sij 

1

: highly seasoned ground meat (as pork) usually stuffed in casings

2

: a roll of sausage meat in a casing