boerewors
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.12 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of sausage, usually flavoured with coriander seed, black pepper, nutmeg, cloves and allspice.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "To make truly authentic boerewors you'll need a sausage stuffer and casings."
- "In the halcyon^([sic]) of sausages, if there were such a thing, boerewors would likely be crown prince."
- "2019, Gregory Mthembu-Salter, Wanted Dead and Alive: The Case for South Africa's Cattle, Cover2Cover (face2face), page 48, The poet Antjie Krog has written evocatively about boerewors as the physical manifestation of a well-run farm, with the patriarch and his men raising and providing good-quality meat and the matriarch, armed with a prized, secret family recipe, organising her kitchen staff into the production line required to make the perfect wors."