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kerse


Meanings
  • A type of seed used in Africa for making cakes or porridge.

    - "The Afrikaners in South Africa use kerse meal to make their traditional dish called bobotie."
    - "In Ethiopia, kerse is used to make injera, a type of flatbread that is a staple food in Ethiopia."
    - "In some parts of Kenya, women use kerse seeds to make porridge, which is a staple food for the Kikuyu people in Kenya."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with kerse
Korse , hoarse , force , corpse , horse , source , lance , advance , expand
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,
  1. Kerse can be confused with other words that sound similar but have different meanings. Some of these words include: - Carse: A piece of ground or land -arse: The bottom part of the body - Curse: A statement or prayer expressing a desire for misfortune or harm to someone or something


Variants
List of all variants of kerse that leads to same result
kersey , kerseys , kersies , Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore , Coventry Patmore , Patmore
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'kerse' is derived from the Dutch word 'kors' which means 'heap' or 'pile'. The Dutch colonizers brought the kerse seeds to Africa, where they were used to make cakes or porridge.


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