kiel·ba·sa (k?l-bä?s?, k?l-)n. A spicy smoked Polish sausage.[Polish kiel?basa, from East and West Slavic *k?lbasa, from East Turkic kül bassï, grilled cutlet, from Turkic kül bastï : kül, coals, ashes + bastï, pressed (meat) (from basmaq, to press).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.kielbasa (?ki?l?ba?s?; ?k?l?ba?s?) or kulbasan (Cookery) a traditional garlic sausage of Eastern European origin[from Polish kie?basa, Ukrainian kovbasa]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014kiel?ba?sa (k?l?b? s?, kil-) n., pl. -sas, -sy (-s?). a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices. [1950?55;