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BORSHT CIRCUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does borsht circuit mean? 

BORSHT CIRCUIT (noun)
  The noun BORSHT CIRCUIT has 1 sense:

1. (informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guestsplay

  Familiarity information: BORSHT CIRCUIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BORSHT CIRCUIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

borscht belt; borscht circuit; borsht belt; borsht circuit

Context example:

many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit

Hypernyms ("borsht circuit" is a kind of...):

playground; resort area; vacation spot (an area where many people go for recreation)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Holonyms ("borsht circuit" is a part of...):

Catskill Mountains; Catskills (a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas)


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