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]
sausage nounEtymology: Middle English sausige, from Anglo-French
sauseche, saucis, from Late Latin salsicia, from Latin
salsus salted — more at sauceDate: 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.
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