borscht
noun
ˈbȯrsh(t) 
variants or borsch
: a soup made primarily of beets and served hot or cold often with sour cream
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web After Russia invaded, the cafe’s owners poured money into making 300 free servings of borscht a day for Lviv’s soldiers, said Yuliya Levytsko, a manager. 
New York Times, 25 July 2022 After an enthusiastic meeting, Rose decided to replace his French chef with the young immigrant, who now spends a portion of his days filling a huge soup pot with the ingredients for borscht with veal spareribs. Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022 Albina has showered the family with her cooking and baking, including borscht, Easter breads, and crepes, and looks at Michelle as a second mom. Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022 Russia has claimed its beet-heavy borscht as one of several national dishes, but in Ukraine, where the soup has been documented much earlier, borsch is considered the national dish. New York Times, 16 May 2022 Green borscht is made with sorrel and is popular in the summer. Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2022 Immigrants to the United States from borscht-making regions have also made the recipe their own. Julian Duplain And Karina Tsui, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022 Borsch, commonly called borscht in the U.S., is a hearty soup with beets, which give it its distinctive bright red color. Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022 The East Village has long been home to immigrants from Eastern Europe, and many of the dishes New Yorkers like me think of as Jewish fare — borscht, potato pancakes, stuffed cabbage — are, of course, just as much Ukrainian or Polish. New York Times, 3 June 2022 See More
New York Times, 25 July 2022 After an enthusiastic meeting, Rose decided to replace his French chef with the young immigrant, who now spends a portion of his days filling a huge soup pot with the ingredients for borscht with veal spareribs. Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022 Albina has showered the family with her cooking and baking, including borscht, Easter breads, and crepes, and looks at Michelle as a second mom. Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022 Russia has claimed its beet-heavy borscht as one of several national dishes, but in Ukraine, where the soup has been documented much earlier, borsch is considered the national dish. New York Times, 16 May 2022 Green borscht is made with sorrel and is popular in the summer. Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2022 Immigrants to the United States from borscht-making regions have also made the recipe their own. Julian Duplain And Karina Tsui, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022 Borsch, commonly called borscht in the U.S., is a hearty soup with beets, which give it its distinctive bright red color. Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022 The East Village has long been home to immigrants from Eastern Europe, and many of the dishes New Yorkers like me think of as Jewish fare — borscht, potato pancakes, stuffed cabbage — are, of course, just as much Ukrainian or Polish. New York Times, 3 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Yiddish borsht & Ukrainian & Russian borshch
First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above