sausage
/'sɔsidʤ/
Definition
- Noun:
- A type of food: A sausage is a cylindrical food product made from seasoned, minced, or ground meat (often pork, beef, or poultry) that is typically stuffed into a casing. It may be fresh, smoked, cured, or cooked.
- (Historical/Military) A small airship: Informally, "sausage" was used to describe a small, non-rigid airship or barrage balloon, due to its elongated shape.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Food):
- We grilled sausages for the barbecue.
- This recipe calls for Italian sausage.
- Noun (Airship):
- During World War I, observation sausages were used for reconnaissance.
Advanced Usage
- "Not a sausage" (British English, informal): Nothing at all.
- I asked him what happened, but he told me not a sausage. (Meaning: He told me nothing.)
- "Sausage fest" or "sausage party" (slang): A social gathering where the vast majority of attendees are male.
Variants and Related Words
- Sausage meat: The seasoned minced meat mixture before it is stuffed into a casing.
- You can buy sausage meat to make your own patties.
- Sausage roll (British English): A pastry snack filled with sausage meat.
- He bought a sausage roll for lunch.
Synonyms
- Frankfurter: A specific type of smoked sausage, often used synonymously with "hot dog."
- Banger (British English, informal): A sausage.
- Links: Refers to sausages, especially when connected in a chain.
Related Phrases
- To make a sausage: The process of producing sausages.
- They make sausage using traditional methods.
- Sausage casing: The thin membrane (natural or synthetic) that holds the sausage meat.
- Natural sausage casings are often made from animal intestines.
Related Idioms
- "It's a case of the sausage machine": Used to criticize something as being mechanically produced without individuality or care (similar to the idiom "sausage factory").
- The new policy was churned out like a sausage machine, with no thought for the consequences.
- "Law is like a sausage, it is better not to see them being made": A proverb suggesting that the processes behind creating laws (or sausages) can be unpleasant to observe.
Noun
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a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
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highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
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