sausage

noun

ˈsȯ-sij How to pronounce sausage (audio)
Definition of sausagenext
as in bologna
a rod-shaped portion of seasoned ground meat in a casing a couple of sausages and eggs make a good breakfast

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Recent Examples of sausage Dodger Stadium Team: Los Angeles Dodgers The Slugger is a 16-inch jalapeño cheddar sausage topped with corn relish, white cheddar cheese sauce, cilantro crema and crunchy tortilla strips, served with fries. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Add sausage to skillet with fennel and cook until browned, stirring occasionally. — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025 But sneaking sausage is tame compared to these strange items confiscated by TSA. — Lanee Lee, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 There’s face painting and a craft area for the kids while the adults can drink beer and eat traditional food like asparagus soup, sausages, and smoked fish. — Yolanda Evans, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sausage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sausage
  1. bologna
  2. wiener
  3. link
  4. wurst
Noun
  • According to the South Florida Reporter, Americans consume roughly 800 million pounds of bologna each year.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In long summer days, my friends and I could leave the house with peanut butter and jelly or bologna sandwiches in the baskets of our bicycles, and the only restriction laid down was to be home for dinner or before dark, whichever came first.
    — Linda Chapin, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of bologna
Noun
  • Local dogs walked alongside wiener pups from 19 different European countries and other locales.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Pair with linguini and pomodoro sauce or with a wiener schnitzel doused in lemon juice.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of wiener
Noun
  • There are also price cuts on the Samsung Galaxy S25 and the larger Galaxy S25+, all on the same link above.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Those states are: Georgia, with two winners Ohio, with one winner Oregon, with one winner Texas, with one winner To find the full list of previous Powerball winners, click the link to the lottery's website.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of link
Noun
  • Enjoy specialty wine pairings with treats like chocolates and wursts.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • So, light the flares, pocket those tennis balls, get your wurst cooking and… Auf gehts!
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
Definition of wurst

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