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blintz

blintz noun: a thin blin (pancake), filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded, then fried and often served with sour cream, fruit, or a sweet sauce.

blintz: a thin blin (pancake), filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded, then fried and often served...
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Noun

blintz (plural blintzes)

  1. A thin blin (pancake), filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded, then fried and often served with sour cream, fruit, or a sweet sauce.
    • He carries his tray of blintzes filled with cottage cheese to the coffee urns and drains off a mug’s worth.2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 147

Forms of blintz

pluralblintzes
alternative formblintse
alternative formblintze

Origin of blintz

Borrowed from Yiddish בלינצע (blintse).

Questions about blintz

What does blintz mean?
Blintz means a thin blin (pancake), filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded, then fried and often served with sour cream, fruit, or a sweet sauce.
What part of speech is blintz?
Blintz is a noun.
What is the plural of blintz?
The plural of blintz is blintzes.

Words near blintz in the dictionary

  1. blins
  2. blintse
  3. blintses
  4. blintsi
  5. blintsy
  6. blintz
  7. blintze
  8. blintzes
  9. bliny
  10. blinys
  11. blip

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