Meaning & use
kishka
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Meanings
nouncountable or uncountable
A sausage-like Jewish food made from a casing stuffed with chopped meat, fat, flour, or grain and baked or boiled.
Grammar: Countable for one piece ('a kishka'), uncountable for the food ('some kishka').
Patterns
- a piece of kishka
- stuffed kishka
- bake kishka
My grandmother served sliced kishka with gravy at every family dinner.
The deli sells kishka by the pound, warm from the oven.
He learned to make kishka from his aunt, who used chicken fat and matzo meal.
nouncountable or uncountableregionalScottishIrish
In Scottish and Irish cooking, a white pudding or similar sausage made with oatmeal, suet, and seasoning.
Grammar: Same pattern as the food sense: countable for one sausage, uncountable for the dish.
Patterns
- a slice of kishka
- fried kishka
A full Scottish breakfast there often includes kishka and eggs.
The butcher's kishka is made with oatmeal and spices.
Word forms
| plural | kishkas |
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Common combinations
- stuffed kishka
- The menu lists stuffed kishka as a starter.
- sliced kishka
- She fried sliced kishka until the edges were crisp.
- make kishka
- They make kishka for the holidays using an old family recipe.
- kishka with gravy
- He ordered kishka with gravy and mashed potatoes.
Synonyms and how they differ
- sausage
- A general word for any minced-meat casing food; kishka is a specific Jewish or regional type.
- white pudding
- A Scottish and Irish sausage of oatmeal and suet; this is close to the regional sense of kishka.
- black pudding
- Similar in shape and use, but made with blood, so it is not the same food.
Commonly confused: kishka or kishke? kishka or kasha?
kishka vs kishke
A common variant spelling of the same food; 'kishka' is the more usual English form.
kishka vs kasha
A different food: roasted buckwheat groats, often served with kishka but not the same thing.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'kishka' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Kishka' is a stuffed sausage-like food sold at a deli, so option A fits. The others use 'kishka' as a quantity word for bread, milk, or apples, which it is not.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “kishka”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.