borscht belt

What does borscht belt mean?

borscht belt means "(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests".

What is another word for borscht belt?

Close synonyms include borscht circuit, borsht circuit, borsht belt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is borscht belt a common word?

borscht belt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for borscht belt come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.