A sausage consists of minced meat, usually pork, mixed with other ingredients and is contained in a tube made of skin or a similar material.
...sausages and chips.
Synonyms: banger More Synonyms of sausage
sausage in British English
(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. aeronautics informal
a captive balloon shaped like a sausage
4. not a sausage
Derived forms
sausage-like (ˈsausage-ˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
C15: from Old Norman French saussiche, from Late Latin salsīcia, from Latin salsus salted; see sauce
sausage in American English
(ˈsɔsɪdʒ)
noun
pork or other meat,chopped fine, highly seasoned, and either stuffed into membranous casings of varying size, as bologna or salami, or made into patties for cooking
Word origin
ME sausige < NormFr saussiche, for OFr saulcisse < VL salsicia < L salsus: see sauce
sausage in Hospitality
(sɔsɪdʒ)
Word forms: (regular plural) sausages
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, breakfast)
A sausage consists of minced meat, usually pork, mixed with other ingredients and is containedin a tube made of skin or a similar material.
The restaurant turns out delicious homemade treats such as pork sausages.
We serve different types of sausage, including salami and pepperoni.