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pampushka

pampushka noun: a small savory or sweet yeast-raised bun or doughnut typical for Ukrainian cuisine.

pampushka: a small savory or sweet yeast-raised bun or doughnut typical for Ukrainian cuisine
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Noun

pampushka (plural pampushkas or pampushky)

  1. A small savory or sweet yeast-raised bun or doughnut typical for Ukrainian cuisine.
    • Serve with sour cream, chopped greens and pampushkas (dumplings).1975, V.A. Lotish, S.A. Shalimov, “Ukrainian Borsch”, in Ukrainian Dishes, Kyiv: „Technika“ Publishers
    • UKRAINIAN BORSCH WITH PAMPUSHKAS […] The pampushkas with garlic sauce are served separately.1980, S.A. Shalimov, V.A. Lysenko, A.I. Veresiuk, “First Course”, in Ukrainian Cookery Recipes, Kyiv: “Technika” Publishers, page 49

Examples of pampushka in a sentence

  • We were treated to pampushkas, round rolls with poppy seeds.2011, Anna Stepanova, “My War-Torn Childhood”, in Love and Tears: Suffering and Survival in Wartime Russia, Brighton, East Sussex: The Book...
  • Borsch is traditionally eaten with pampushkas – small, round pieces of white bread flavoured with garlic.2011, Tom Burgess, Debbie Stowe, “[Making the most of Kiev] Eating & drinking”, in Kiev (Thomas Cook Pocket Guides), 3rd edition...
  • Lunch featured Ukrainian Borsch (tasted just like the Siberian) and Pampushkas, garlic rolls.2011 August, Luella Bredhold, Clarence Bredhold, “Russian Cruise and Finland”, in Our Global Adventures, volume 1, Sarasota, Fla....
  • It was preceded by borscht (which my grandmother did eat) with pampushkas, which were little buns with garlic sauce.2014, Judith Fein, “Trembling Before the Castle”, in The Spoon from Minkowitz: A Bittersweet Roots Journey to Ancestral Lands, Santa Fe...

Forms of pampushka

pluralpampushkas
pluralpampushky
alternative formpampushok

Origin of pampushka

From Ukrainian пампу́шка (pampúška).

Questions about pampushka

What does pampushka mean?
Pampushka means a small savory or sweet yeast-raised bun or doughnut typical for Ukrainian cuisine.
How do you use pampushka in a sentence?
We were treated to pampushkas, round rolls with poppy seeds.
What part of speech is pampushka?
Pampushka is a noun.
What is the plural of pampushka?
The plural of pampushka is pampushkas.

Words near pampushka in the dictionary

  1. pamps
  2. pampsychism
  3. pampsychisms
  4. pampsychist
  5. pampsychists
  6. pampushka
  7. pampushkas
  8. pampushky
  9. pampushok
  10. pamree
  11. pamrees

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