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# borscht

«borscht» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sour soup, usually red from beetroot, eaten in Ukraine…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (borscht — uncountable; a bowl of borscht)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Borscht is a sour soup, usually red from beetroot, eaten in Ukraine and other Eastern European countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borscht/#m1)

2) It is often made with cabbage, potatoes, meat and beans and served with sour cream and dill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borscht/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about Ukraine and food, borscht is a national dish of Ukraine; Ukrainian borscht cooking was added to UNESCO's list of cultural heritage in need of protection. Families each have their own recipe. There is also green borscht made with sorrel.

### examples

- Baba makes the best borscht in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borscht/#x1)
- Borscht is red because of the beetroot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borscht/#x2)
- We had borscht with sour cream and bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borscht/#x3)
- Green borscht is made with sorrel leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borscht/#x4)
- Every Ukrainian family has its own borscht recipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borscht/#x5)
- The borscht was so hot I blew on every spoonful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borscht/#x6)

### note

«Borscht» is the common English spelling (from Yiddish); «borshch» is closer to Ukrainian «борщ». Uncountable as food.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «borscht» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/borscht/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.