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SAUERKRAUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sauerkraut mean?
• SAUERKRAUT (noun)
The noun SAUERKRAUT has 1 sense:
1. shredded cabbage fermented in brine
Familiarity information: SAUERKRAUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shredded cabbage fermented in brine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("sauerkraut" is a kind of...):
dish (a particular item of prepared food)
Context examples
L. mesenteroides is usually nonpathogenic and is used as a starter culture for the fermentation of cabbage during sauerkraut production.
(Leuconostoc mesenteroides, NCI Thesaurus)
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