sausage

Everyday

1. Minced meat (or a vegetarian mix) with spices, put inside a long thin skin and cooked. tree →
2. Informally, a fond name for a child or pet: "You silly sausage!" tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life sausages are eaten for breakfast, at barbecues, in hot dogs and in "sausage rolls"; in the UK and Ireland "bangers and mash" is sausages with mashed potato. In Australia, a "sausage sizzle" is a barbecue that raises money for schools. Phrases: sausage roll, sausage sizzle, sausage dog (a dachshund), bangers and mash.

Examples

• We had sausages on the barbecue. tree →
• Dad bought a pack of eight sausages. tree →
• A sausage sizzle raised money for our school. tree →
• Vegetarian sausages are made without meat. tree →
• Prick the sausages with a fork before cooking. tree →
• Our dachshund is called a sausage dog. tree →
• You silly sausage, you have your shoes on the wrong feet! tree →

Note

Countable: a sausage, sausages. Spelling trap: "sausage" has "au" in the middle, said like "SOS-ij". Safety: cook sausages right through so there is no pink inside, to avoid food poisoning. In maths: 3 packs of 8 sausages = 24 sausages.