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Definition of "sauerkraut" [sauer•kraut]

  • Chopped or shredded cabbage salted and fermented in its own juice. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sauerkraut" in a sentence
  • "Along with lemon-ginger tea, sauerkraut is one of the all-purpose home remedies I offer quite often to the walking wounded."
  • "And we called sauerkraut "liberty cabbage" and we called liberty cabbage "super slaw.""
  • "The sauerkraut is not overwhelmingly difficult, but for those of us in Michoacán, the rye flour to make sour rye bread is very hard to find."