Knish

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• knish — (k n[i^]sh ), n. (Russian and Jewish Cookery) A fried, or sometimes baked, turnover made from a round or square sheet of dough containing a filling, usually of meat or potatoes. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• knish — /knish/, n. Jewish Cookery. a fried or baked turnover or roll of dough with a filling, as of meat, kasha, or potato, often eaten as an appetizer or snack. [1925 30; < Yiddish < Pol knysz] * * * …   Universalium

• knish — (n.) 1930, from Yiddish, from Rus. knysh, a kind of cake …   Etymology dictionary

• knish —    (knish) [Yiddish, from Polish] In Jewish cooking, a roll or turnover of bread dough stuffed with meat, potato, or buckwheat, baked or fried …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

• knish — [k nish] n. [E Yiddish, variously < Pol knysz & Ukrainian knyš, etc.] a piece of thin rolled dough folded over a filling, as of mashed potatoes or chopped meat, and baked …   English World dictionary

• Knish — A knish (IPA2|knɪʃ i.e. the k is pronounced) is an Eastern European and Yiddish snack food made popular in North America by Jewish immigrants. A knish consists of a filling covered with dough that is either baked or fried. Knishes can be… …   Wikipedia

• knish — [knɪʃ] noun a baked or fried dumpling of flaky dough with a savoury filling. Origin Yiddish, from Russ. knish, knysh, denoting a bun or dumpling …   English new terms dictionary

• knish — noun Etymology: Yiddish, from Polish knysz Date: 1916 a small round or square of dough stuffed with a filling (as potato) and baked or fried …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• knish — noun kəˈnɪʃ An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough …   Wiktionary

• knish — n. fried pocket of dough which is stuffed with any of a number of savory fillings …   English contemporary dictionary