varenje

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A form of varenye — A kind of sweet fruit preserve.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounvarenje (usually uncountable, plural varenjes)

plural varenjes

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of varenye.

    Since we usually do not have real varenje we take jam with the tea instead.

    1999 September 11, Tamara Danilenko, “Samovar Chronicles, Vol. 3”, in rec.food.drink.tea (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025
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    The food situation in Moscow seems to be somewhat better than before the war. Bread, cake and varenje, that excellent Russian candy, are to be had in abundance.

    1947 February 25, Emil Sourdan, “Night Life at Moscow Found Rather Expensive”, in The Sheboygan Press, volume XL, number 59, Sheboygan, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 5

    Fama makes an Ethrog marmalade which is so heavenly that every year I vow to make mine up likewise into a varenje.

    1957 October 16, Molly [Lyons] Bar-David, “Some Quick Dishes”, in The Jerusalem Post, volume XXXIII, number 8939, Jerusalem, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 4
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