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powidl

powidl noun: a fruit spread prepared by cooking zwetschge plums, similar to jam but traditionally made in Central Europe without additional sweeteners or gelling agents.

powidl: a fruit spread prepared by cooking zwetschge plums, similar to jam but traditionally made in...
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Noun

powidl (uncountable)

  1. A fruit spread prepared by cooking zwetschge plums, similar to jam but traditionally made in Central Europe without additional sweeteners or gelling agents.
    • There is also a Bohemian pastry called Buchteln in Vienna. Yeast dough filled with powidl or pot cheese, always baked, of course. Perhaps that got mixed in here, too.2007 May 22, margaret suran, "Re: Seattle Cheese Festival from rec.food.cooking", in rec.food.cooking, Usenet
    • They can have any filling... fruit or berries, jam, powidl (a very thick jam-like plum or prune concoction), curd cheese, any kind of kasha, potatoes, meat or poultry, mushrooms, fish (smoked salmon or lox), etc.2007 September 20, Victor Sack, “Re: Trip to Penzey's”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet)

Examples of powidl in a sentence

  • Bohemian recipes for powidl use prunes (dried plums).2016 May 2, Kay Lancaster, “Re: OT plums or Prunes”, in alt.sewing (Usenet):
  • The consistency of powidl is only achieved by evaporating water from the overcooked fruit mash.2021 December 8, Józef Hernik, Maria Walczycka, Edward Sankowski, Betty J. Harris, Cultural Heritage—Possibilities for Land-Centered...

Forms of powidl

alternative formpovidlo

Origin of powidl

Borrowed from German Powidl, from Czech povidla.

Questions about powidl

What does powidl mean?
Powidl means a fruit spread prepared by cooking zwetschge plums, similar to jam but traditionally made in Central Europe without additional sweeteners or gelling agents.
How do you use powidl in a sentence?
Bohemian recipes for powidl use prunes (dried plums).
What part of speech is powidl?
Powidl is a noun.

Words near powidl in the dictionary

  1. powhiris
  2. powiat
  3. powiats
  4. Powick
  5. Powicke
  6. powidl
  7. powis
  8. Powises
  9. powitch
  10. powk
  11. powldering tubb

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