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Borodino bread

Borodino bread noun: synonym of Borodinsky bread.

Noun

Borodino bread (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Borodinsky bread.
    • The following are some of the types: whole rye and whole grain (55–65% rye, and 35–45% whole wheat); light rye and special breads such as Borodino bread (80 parts whole rye, 15 parts dark wheat flour, 5 parts dark malt extract, 4 parts syrup, 6 parts sugar, 1.5 parts salt, and 0.5 parts spices); […]1971, Yeshajahu Pomeranz, J. A. Shellenberger, “Bread in Various Countries”, in Bread Science and Technology, Westport, Conn.: The AVI Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, pages 75–77
    • Ah, you can’t get real black bread here, Borodino bread for instance, so we’ll have to spread it on white bread.1987, Zinovy Zinik, translated by Michael Glenny, “Homesickness”, in The Mushroom-Picker, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 151

Synonyms of Borodino bread

Origin of Borodino bread

Calque of Russian бороди́нский хле́б (borodínskij xléb).

Questions about Borodino bread

What does Borodino bread mean?
Borodino bread means synonym of Borodinsky bread.
What part of speech is Borodino bread?
Borodino bread is a noun.

Words near Borodino bread in the dictionary

  1. Borod
  2. borodaevite
  3. borodeuteride
  4. borodeuterides
  5. Borodino
  6. Borodino bread
  7. Borodinski bread
  8. borodinskii bread
  9. Borodinskiy bread
  10. borodinsky bread
  11. borofax

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