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saururæ |
saururaceae |
saururus |
saururus cernuus |
saury |
sausage
| sausage balloon
| sausage curl
| sausage dog
| sausage hound
| sausage meat
sausage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sausage has 2 senses
- sausage(n = noun.food) Array - highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings; Array is a kind of meat
- sausage(n = noun.artifact) blimp, sausage balloon - a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon; Array is a kind of airship, dirigible
has particulars: black pudding, blood pudding, blood sausage, bologna, bologna sausage, chipolata, chorizo, dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst, headcheese, knackwurst, knockwurst, liver pudding, liver sausage, liverwurst, pepperoni, pork sausage, salami, souse
CIDE DICTIONARY
sausage, n. [F. saucisse, LL. salcitia, salsicia, fr. salsa. See Sauce.].
- An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal. [1913 Webster]
- A saucisson. See Saucisson. Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sausage, n.
1 a minced pork, beef, or other meat seasoned and often mixed with other ingredients, encased in cylindrical form in a skin, for cooking and eating hot or cold. b a length of this.
2 a sausage-shaped object.
1 a minced pork, beef, or other meat seasoned and often mixed with other ingredients, encased in cylindrical form in a skin, for cooking and eating hot or cold. b a length of this.
2 a sausage-shaped object.
Idiom
not a sausage colloq. nothing at all. sausage dog Brit. colloq. a dachshund. sausage machine
1 a sausage-making machine.
2 a relentlessly uniform process. sausage meat minced meat used in sausages or as a stuffing etc. sausage roll Brit. sausage meat enclosed in a pastry roll and baked.
1 a sausage-making machine.
2 a relentlessly uniform process. sausage meat minced meat used in sausages or as a stuffing etc. sausage roll Brit. sausage meat enclosed in a pastry roll and baked.
Etymology
ME f. ONF saussiche f. med.L salsicia f. L salsus: see SAUCE
THESAURUS
sausage
Vienna sausage, bangers, black pudding, blood pudding, bologna, braunschweiger, frank, frankfurter, gooseliver, headcheese, hot dog, knockwurst, liver sausage, liverwurst, salami, saucisse, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst, wienie
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