Word of the week: Ersatz

Ersatz (adjective)
[er-sahts]

This is a word that comes from the German word for “replacement”. According to the Macquarie Dictionary, it means “serving as a substitute”. So you might say: “Vegetarians often like ersatz meat dishes.”

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