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Borodinsky bread en · NOUN

Etymology

Partial calque of Russian бороди́нский хле́б (borodínskij xléb, literally “Borodino bread”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A dark brown sourdough rye bread of Russian origin, traditionally sweetened with molasses and flavored with coriander and caraway seeds.
   • [B]lack treacly Borodinsky bread with coriander seeds, stewed courgettes from the garden dressed in oil and garlic, cooked meat,[…]: we were eating all afternoon. 1995, Lesley Chamberlain, “Saratov and a Writer’s Life”, in Volga, Volga: A Journey Down Russia’s Great River, London: Picador, published 1996, →ISBN, pages 185–186:
   • She took two thick slices of Borodinsky bread, plastered them with butter, piled them with caviar, and pressed them into a doorstep sandwich. 1996, Mark Jones, chapter 21, in Caviar, London: Vista, published 1997, →ISBN, page 213:
   • Bread is outstanding, ranging from crusty white to dark rye. One popular variety is Borodinsky bread, which can be purchased at bakeries on the Arbat in the old section of Moscow. 1990 December, Ludmilla Alexander, “Food and Drink in the U.S.S.R.”, in Bantam’s Soviet Union 1991, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 43:

Forms

Hypernyms

bread · rye bread · food · black bread

Synonyms

Borodino bread

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