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Italian sausage

Italian sausage noun: a slightly spicy pork sausage flavoured with fennel and anise.

italian sausage: a slightly spicy pork sausage flavoured with fennel and anise
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Noun

Italian sausage (plural Italian sausages)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) A slightly spicy pork sausage flavoured with fennel and anise.

Forms of Italian sausage

pluralItalian sausages

Origin of Italian sausage

From being a common type of sausage in Italian cuisine.

Questions about Italian sausage

What does Italian sausage mean?
Italian sausage means a slightly spicy pork sausage flavoured with fennel and anise.
What part of speech is Italian sausage?
Italian sausage is a noun.
What is the plural of Italian sausage?
The plural of Italian sausage is Italian sausages.

Words near Italian sausage in the dictionary

  1. Italian Riviera
  2. Italian salute
  3. Italian salutes
  4. Italian sandwich
  5. Italian sandwiches
  6. Italian sausage
  7. Italian sausages
  8. Italian sighthound
  9. Italian sighthounds
  10. Italian Social Republic
  11. Italian Somaliland

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