Meaning of kompot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In Central and Eastern Europe, boiled fruits (typically fresh or dried) served either as a drink or a dessert depending on the region.
   uncountable, usually
2. A crude Polish preparation of heroin made from poppy straw.
   uncountable

Examples

“You can get kompot there too, an apricot-prune dessert served, Russian-style, in a glass.”

“One item on the juice list, kompot, caught our eye, and we learned it was a homemade fruit punch, of which regrettably they had no more that day.”

“A main course served with soup, potatoes, vegetable^([sic]) and a glass of kompot (fruit drink) costs $3.50 to $4!”

“On Tuesday, those who didn’t eat hamburgers vowed to start. Others promised to give up borscht, the beet soup that actually comes from Ukraine, goulash (Hungarian) and even kompot (stewed fruit suspected of emerging in fifteenth-century Poland, although it has become a staple of the Russian diet).”

“I especially appreciated the buckwheat, which they serve generously, and of course the yogurt, kompot (fruit drink) and borsch are always special.”

“Along with American-style lattes, Shahar also serves kompot, a Russian fruit juice squeezed fresh every day by Sultanova.”

“[Adam] Bartoszek said the only beverage served at Wigilia is kompot, a fruit drink.”

“[Thomas] O’Grady described the kompot as “kind of a distilled home brew” made from the straw of the poppy plant.”

“Although kompot, a locally produced poppy straw derivative, is the most prevalent drug in Poland, amphetamine use is becoming increasingly widespread.”

“Of the chemicals used in making kompot, only acetic anhydride was licensed. But this did little to slow the making of kompot as scientifically minded addicts and crime syndicates made their own by reverse-engineering easily obtained acetylsalicylic acid (more commonly known as aspirin).”

“I remember the summer of 1980 – people felt defiant, free. They travelled to summer music festivals in groups and once you arrived, the smell of cooking kompot was overwhelming. The police did nothing.”

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