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grenki

grenki noun: toasts or croutons fried lightly in butter or vegetable oil, until crisp and brown.

grenki: toasts or croutons fried lightly in butter or vegetable oil, until crisp and brown
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Noun

grenki pl (plural only)

  1. (Russian, plural, plural-only) Toasts or croutons fried lightly in butter or vegetable oil, until crisp and brown.
    • RUSSIAN BREAKFAST, TAM. COFFEE GROUND INTO TAR, GRENKI WITH SAUSAGE AND KISSEL.2011, Fabian Nicieza, “The Rabbit Hole; Part One: Broken Promises”, in 7 Days of Death (Red Robin), New York, N.Y.: DC Comics, published 2012, →ISBN
    • Now, I tink only of latkes and grenki with jam and curly sausages, and oladyi crepes and patato rolls…2012, Kelly Andria, chapter 25, in The Art of Change, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 193

Examples of grenki in a sentence

  • He took some Grenki, which he remembered as being somewhat like French toast and added some sour cherry preserves.2012, M. D. Johnson, “Vladivostok, Russia”, in Midnight in Moscow (The ISIS Project; 2), Minneapolis, Minn.: Mill City Press, →ISBN, page...
  • The waitress explained in detail about some of these items, like galushki, grenki, and something called kutia with rice and raisins.2015, Frank G Schafer, “The Garden of Eden”, in Sammy: Gaia Lives, →ISBN, page 221:
  • He chuckled, passing him a plate full of fruit, bacon, and breakfast grenki.2020, M. W. Upham, “Lucius: On the Town”, in Running from Blood, Conneaut Lake, Pa.: Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

Origin of grenki

From Russian гре́нки (grénki), гренки́ (grenkí), plural of гре́нка (grénka), грено́к (grenók).

Questions about grenki

What does grenki mean?
Grenki means toasts or croutons fried lightly in butter or vegetable oil, until crisp and brown.
How do you use grenki in a sentence?
He took some Grenki, which he remembered as being somewhat like French toast and added some sour cherry preserves.
What part of speech is grenki?
Grenki is a noun.

Words near grenki in the dictionary

  1. Grengiols
  2. Grenier
  3. Greniers
  4. Greninger
  5. Greningers
  6. grenki
  7. Grenloch
  8. Grennan
  9. Grennans
  10. grenned
  11. grenning

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