n. A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
n. A German person.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A favorite German dish, consisting of cabbage cut fine, pressed into a cask, with alternate layers of salt, and suffered to ferment till it becomes sour.
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n. shredded cabbage fermented in brine
Word Usage
"Along with lemon-ginger tea, sauerkraut is one of the all-purpose home remedies I offer quite often to the walking wounded."