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ersatzes

ersatzes is the plural of ersatz.

Meaning of ersatz

Noun

ersatz (plural ersatzes)

  1. Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.
    • The important point I want to emphasize here is that, regardless of a Government agency's conception of what a consumer expects of a food item, by and large the consumer detests the use of chemicals in foods as substitutes for nutritious, wholesome natural ingredients which improve flavor and...1951, United States Congress, Chemicals in Food Products, U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 400
    Synonyms:
    imitation, knock off

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Questions about ersatzes

What is ersatzes the plural of?
Ersatzes is the plural of ersatz.

Words near ersatzes in the dictionary

  1. Ersa
  2. Ersange
  3. ersatz
  4. ersatzer
  5. ersatzers
  6. ersatzes
  7. ersatzism
  8. ersatzist
  9. ersatzists
  10. ersatzness
  11. Erse

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