Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of Borodinsky bread.
Rewarding herself with a handful of cherries and a slice of black Borodino bread, she reviewed her work.
2017, Simon Sebag Montefiore, “Day Six”, in Red Sky at Noon, London: Century, →ISBN, page 2002 more examples
The following are some of the types: whole rye and whole grain (55–65% rye, and 35–45% whole wheat); light rye and special breads such as Borodino bread (80 parts whole rye, 15 parts dark wheat flour, 5 parts dark malt extract, 4 parts syrup, 6 parts sugar, 1.5 parts salt, and 0.5 parts spices); […]
1971, Yeshajahu Pomeranz, J. A. Shellenberger, “Bread in Various Countries”, in Bread Science and Technology, Westport, Conn.: The AVI Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, pages 75–77Ah, you can’t get real black bread here, Borodino bread for instance, so we’ll have to spread it on white bread.
1987, Zinovy Zinik, translated by Michael Glenny, “Homesickness”, in The Mushroom-Picker, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 151Synonyms: Borodinsky bread
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Borodinsky bread.
Origin
- Russianбороди́нский хле́б
- EnglishBorodino bread
Calque of Russian бороди́нский хле́б (borodínskij xléb).
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