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chrain

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Jewish/xɹeɪn/

chrain noun: a relish in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, consisting of grated horseradish, vinegar, sugar, salt, and optionally beetroot.

Noun

chrain (uncountable)

  1. A relish in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, consisting of grated horseradish, vinegar, sugar, salt, and optionally beetroot.

Forms of chrain

alternative formchrein
alternative formchrayne

Origin of chrain

From Yiddish כריין (khreyn), in turn from a Slavic source, probably Russian хре́н (xrén, “horseradish”).

Questions about chrain

What does chrain mean?
Chrain means a relish in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, consisting of grated horseradish, vinegar, sugar, salt, and optionally beetroot.
What part of speech is chrain?
Chrain is a noun.
How do you pronounce chrain?
Chrain is pronounced /xɹeɪn/ (Jewish).

Words near chrain in the dictionary

  1. CHPers
  2. chpt.
  3. chq.
  4. CHR
  5. chr.
  6. chrain
  7. Chramn
  8. Chreaster
  9. Chreasters
  10. chremastistophilia
  11. chrematheism

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