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schav

schav noun: a kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).

Noun

schav (uncountable)

  1. A kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).
    • I stopped at the B and H Dairy for a good knish. That was the only place left that didn't microwave. Tears ran down my cheeks dripping into a glass of cold schav with sour cream.1984, Sarah Schulman, The Sophie Horowitz Story
  2. Synonym of sorrel (plant).
    Synonyms:
    sorrel

Synonyms of schav

Forms of schav

alternative formshchav
alternative formshtshav
alternative formshav

Origin of schav

From Yiddish שטשאַוו (shtshav), from Polish szczaw.

Questions about schav

What does schav mean?
Schav means a kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).
What part of speech is schav?
Schav is a noun.

Words near schav in the dictionary

  1. Schauses
  2. Schauss
  3. Schaut
  4. Schauthaler
  5. Schauts
  6. schav
  7. Schawbel
  8. schchi
  9. Scheat
  10. schebang
  11. schebangs

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