sausage

[ saw-sijor, especially British, sos-ij ]

noun

1. minced pork, beef, or other meats, often combined, together with various added ingredients and seasonings, usually stuffed into a prepared intestine or other casing and often made in links.
2. Aeronautics. a sausage-shaped observation balloon, formerly used in warfare.

sausage

/ ˈsɒsɪdʒ /

noun

1. finely minced meat, esp pork or beef, mixed with fat, cereal or bread, and seasonings ( sausage meat ), and packed into a tube-shaped animal intestine or synthetic casing
2. an object shaped like a sausage
3. informal.
   aeronautics a captive balloon shaped like a sausage
4. not a sausage
   nothing at all

Derived Forms

• ˈsausage-ˌlike, adjective

Other Words From

• sausage·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sausage¹

1400–50; late Middle English sausige < dialectal Old French sausiche < Late Latin salsīcia, neuter plural of salsīcius seasoned with salt, derivative of Latin salsus salted. See sauce, -itious

Word History and Origins

Origin of sausage¹

C15: from Old Norman French saussiche, from Late Latin salsīcia, from Latin salsus salted; see sauce

Example Sentences

I’m not going to tell you all my secrets, but for a meat sauce it’s usually a mixture of different meats like ground beef and maybe with some type of sausage.

From Los Angeles Times

Because it's like telling people how the sausage is made.

From Salon

Were there times on set, even though you know how the literal sausage gets made, where you just are like, "Oh, oh, no, peace out"?

From Salon

I also love a little sausage and a little Just Egg, which is one of my favorite egg substitutes.

From Los Angeles Times

Listeria has been found in products including cold cuts, hot dogs, sausages, unpasteurized milk, soft cheeses, smoked seafood and raw vegetables and fruits.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bratwurst