sausage
sausage Lexical Profile
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• noun
A food product consisting of finely chopped or ground meat, often mixed with fat, salt, and seasonings, and typically stuffed into a cylindrical casing.
"We grilled some pork sausages and served them with mustard and caramelized onions."
The prepared mixture of ground meat and seasonings used to make this food, considered as a bulk substance without a casing.
"The recipe calls for a pound of spicy Italian sausage to be browned in the skillet."
An object having a roughly cylindrical, elongated shape tapering at the ends.
"She rolled the modeling clay into a long, thin sausage before cutting it into even pieces."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'sawsige', from Anglo-Norman 'saussiche', ultimately from Late Latin 'salsicia', derived from Latin 'salsus' meaning 'salted'.
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