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sbiten

sbiten noun: a hot winter honey-based Russian traditional drink/decoction with spices and jam.

sbiten: a hot winter honey-based Russian traditional drink/decoction with spices and jam
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Noun

sbiten (uncountable)

  1. A hot winter honey-based Russian traditional drink/decoction with spices and jam.
    • According to GOST 52409–2005, national nonalcoholic beverages include kvass, mors, sbiten, voditsa, and vzvar (Zavorohina 2014; Kudryasheva 2014).2018, Olga Chugunova, Natalia Zavorokhina, Ekaterina Pastushkova, “Leadership in Production: A Case Study of Soft Drinks”, in Wadim Strielkowski, Oksana Chigisheva, editors, Leadership for the Future...
    • Strain liquid through cheesecloth, pressing on solids, and transfer to an airtight container or bottle—a 750 ml bottle will accommodate this amount of sbiten.2020 November 27, Katina Holland, “A Few of My Favorite Things: Taste of Russia”, in Sequoyah County Times, volume 126, number 51, Sallisaw, Okla.: Cookson Hills Publishers, Inc., page A7, column 3

Origin of sbiten

From Russian сби́тень (sbítenʹ).

Questions about sbiten

What does sbiten mean?
Sbiten means a hot winter honey-based Russian traditional drink/decoction with spices and jam.
What part of speech is sbiten?
Sbiten is a noun.

Words near sbiten in the dictionary

  1. sbirri
  2. sbirro
  3. sbirros
  4. SBIRS
  5. SBIT
  6. sbiten
  7. SBK
  8. SBKs
  9. SBLA
  10. SBM
  11. SBMA

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