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    BORSCHT BELT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Example:

    many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit

    Synonyms:

    borscht belt; borscht circuit; borsht belt; borsht circuit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("borscht belt" 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 ("borscht belt" 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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