Definition of Chorizo

1. Noun. A spicy Spanish pork sausage.

Generic synonyms: Sausage

Definition of Chorizo

1. Noun. A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chorizo

1. a highly seasoned sausage [n -ZOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chorizo

chorismate synthase-flavin reductase
chorismic acid
chorisms
chorist
chorista
chorister
choristers
choristic
choristoblastoma
choristodere
choristoderes
choristoma
choristomas
choristomata
chorists
chorizo (current term)
chorizos
chorkor
chorks
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chorograph
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chorographers
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chorographs
chorography
choroid
choroid branches

Literary usage of Chorizo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quiet Days in Sapin by Charles Bogue Luffmann (1910)
"You cannot have a chorizo too old, if made of genuine materials. These consist of macerated lean and very old ham, and the fat of old ham which has been ..."

2. Revelations of Spain in 1845 by Terence MacMahon Hughes (1845)
"A larger description of sausage, called the chorizo, is in still more frequent requisition ; it is made like the other, but constructed more solidly, ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"The meals are as follows; at 11 AM stew, called rancho, ie chick-pease, potatoes, and haricot beans stewed clown with lumps of bacon, and bits of chorizo, ..."

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