9 definitions found for sausage

Sausage SAUS'AGE, n. [L. salsus.]
The intestine of an animal stuffed with minced meat and seasoned.

sausage n 1: highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings 2: a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon [syn: blimp, sausage balloon, sausage]

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sausage noun Etymology: Middle English sausige, from Anglo-French sauseche, saucis, from Late Latin salsicia, from Latin salsus salted — more at sauce Date: 15th century a highly seasoned minced meat (as pork) usually stuffed in casings of prepared animal intestine; also a link or patty of sausage

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.
Phrases and idioms:
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.
Etymology: ME f. ONF saussiche f. med.L salsicia f. L salsus: see SAUCE

sausage (sausages) A sausage consists of minced meat, usually pork, mixed with other ingredients and is contained in a tube made of skin or a similar material. ...sausages and chips. N-VAR

sausage ˈsɔsɪdʒ 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. ønot 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. [ME f. ONF saussiche f. med.L salsicia f. L salsus: see SAUCE]

Sausage Sau"sage (?; 48), n. [F. saucisse, LL. salcitia, salsicia, fr. salsa. See Sauce.] 1. 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. 2. A saucisson. See Saucisson. --Wilhelm.

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "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