vanillanoun [ U ]
uk/vəˈnɪl.ə/us/vəˈnɪl.ə/a substance made from the seeds of a tropical plant, used to give flavour to sweet foods:
vanilla essence/extract
vanilla ice cream/yogurt
a vanilla milkshake
Add two teaspoons of vanilla and stir.
a vanilla pod (= seed container)
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Flavours - sweet
- aniseed
- cinnamon
- cocoa
- grenadine
- liquorice
- menthol
- peppermint
vanillaadjective
uk/vəˈnɪl.ə/us/vəˈnɪl.ə/used to describe a product or service that is basic and has no special features:
I just want a vanilla bank account with low charges.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Crude and basic
- 101
- at bottom idiom
- backward
- bare
- basic
- bottom
- crude
- homespun
- low-tech
- Mickey Mouse
- primal
- primordial
- rough
- rude
- rudimentary
- simple
- skeletal
- stone-age
- two-dimensional
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