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machanka

/ˈmɑːtʃənkə/

machanka noun: a traditional Eastern European dish that is somewhere between a stew and a soup and may be used as a sauce.

Noun

machanka (plural machankas)

  1. A traditional Eastern European dish that is somewhere between a stew and a soup and may be used as a sauce.
    • That did not matter because she had decided to fix the season’s first batch of “machanka.”2000 December 20, Willard Dolman, Golden Memories and Silver Tears, iUniverse, page 163
    • Machanka is perhaps the signature dish of Belarus, a rich, warming roast for those cold winter nights (or mornings – machanka is also popular for breakfast, similar to biscuits and gravy).2017 November 14, Bonnie Frumkin Morales, Deena Prichep, Kachka: A Return to Russian Cooking, Flatiron Books, page 287

Forms of machanka

pluralmachankas

Origin of machanka

Borrowed from multiple Eastern European languages including Belarusian (мачанка (mačanka)), Ukrainian and Polish.

Questions about machanka

What does machanka mean?
Machanka means a traditional Eastern European dish that is somewhere between a stew and a soup and may be used as a sauce.
What part of speech is machanka?
Machanka is a noun.
How do you pronounce machanka?
Machanka is pronounced /ˈmɑːtʃənkə/.
What is the plural of machanka?
The plural of machanka is machankas.

Words near machanka in the dictionary

  1. Machame
  2. Machamer
  3. Machamers
  4. machan
  5. machang
  6. machanka
  7. machankas
  8. machans
  9. Machaon
  10. macharomancy
  11. Machat

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