different between grist vs kasha

English

Etymology

From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredan? (“to crunch”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rew- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

grist (countable and uncountable, plural grists)

1. Grain that is to be ground in a mill.
2. (obsolete) A group of bees.
3. (colloquial, obsolete) Supply; provision.
4. (ropemaking) A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

Derived terms

• grist mill / gristmill
• grist for the mill (chiefly US)
• grist to the mill (chiefly UK)

Related terms

• gristle

Translations

Anagrams

• Grits, girts, grits, strig, trigs

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

grist

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of grissen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of grissen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grisa, griset

Verb

grist

1. past participle of grise

Slovene

Verb

gr?st

1. supine of gristi

English

Etymology

From Russian ????? (káša, “porridge, gruel”) or Yiddish ?????? (kashe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k???/
• Hyphenation: ka?sha

Noun

kasha (countable and uncountable, plural kashas)

1. A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
   • 2000, Faye Levy, 1,000 Jewish Recipes, page 218:

     Some cooks add nuts as well, and I like the way their flavor complements that of the kasha and the browned onions.

   • 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate 2006, page 171:

     Kristina Pankofska, a Polish exile whom Anna Petrovna paid a gold rouble a month to clean and help, arrived with a pail of hot kasha and two new eggs.

Translations

Anagrams

• Khasa, Sakha, hakas, shaka

Japanese

Romanization

kasha

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Portuguese

Noun

kasha m (uncountable)

1. kasha (type of porridge eaten in central and eastern Europe)

Swahili

Etymology

From Portuguese caixa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?sha

Noun

kasha (ma class, plural makasha)

1. storage chest

See also

• sanduku