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bogracs

bogracs noun: a Hungarian cooking pot made of metal.

Noun

bogracs (plural bogracs)

  1. A Hungarian cooking pot made of metal.
    • They had good meat and always cooked out-of-doors by hanging their heavy iron pots over an open fire on bogracs (tripods).1972 July 14, Paula Buchholz, quoting Maria Cserhalmi, “They’re Proud of Homeland Traditions”, in Detroit Free Press, volume 142, number 67, Detroit, Mich., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2-C, column 1
    • The popularity of bogracs-style cooking, in which the meat is stewed slowly in its own juice, has survived undiminished since the days of the early Magyar tribes who settled in the land in the ninth century.1978 February 3, Pat Edgar, “How it’s cooked in other countries: All in a stew!”, in Walsall Observer, number 5701, Walsall, West Midlands, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27, column 4

Examples of bogracs in a sentence

  • The Rhapsody owner Steve Szatmari serves up beef goulash in a Hungarian bogracs kettle to Jim Lada and his mother, Helen.1993 December 10, Molly Abraham, “The Rhapsody provides a hearty tasting of Hungarian cuisine”, in Detroit Free Press, volume 163, number...
  • Try the beef goulash, served in a miniature replica of bogracs, the traditional kettle that is hung over open fires in the old country, at the Hungarian Rhapsody, […]2004 March 20, Molly Abraham, “Molly’s faves”, in The Detroit News and Free Press, 130th year, number 211, Detroit, Mich.: The Detroit...
  • Make this the year you venture beyond roast chicken and learn how to use a Moroccan tagine, a Spanish paellera, a Hungarian bogracs or an Asian wok.2004 December 29, Joanne Sasvari, “Taste: Try fantastic varietals”, in Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alta., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D8, column 5:
  • At night, they’d build a bonfire, slaughter an animal and then cook it in a bogracs — a pot with a tripod.2005 February 14, Sue Perine O’Reilly, quoting John Soppanish, “Hungary man: Middletown man cooks up ethnic cuisine”, in JournalNews...

Forms of bogracs

pluralbogracs
alternative formbogrács

Origin of bogracs

Borrowed from Hungarian bogrács, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باقراج (bakrac), from باقر (bakır, “copper”) + ـغج (-gac).

Questions about bogracs

What does bogracs mean?
Bogracs means a Hungarian cooking pot made of metal.
How do you use bogracs in a sentence?
The Rhapsody owner Steve Szatmari serves up beef goulash in a Hungarian bogracs kettle to Jim Lada and his mother, Helen.
What part of speech is bogracs?
Bogracs is a noun.
What is the plural of bogracs?
The plural of bogracs is bogracs.

Words near bogracs in the dictionary

  1. Bogotá
  2. Bogotá sunangel
  3. Bogotá sunangels
  4. Bogra
  5. Bogra District
  6. bogracs
  7. bograt
  8. bograts
  9. bogroll
  10. bogrolls
  11. bogrush

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