vegetablenoun
uk/ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/us/ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/vegetable noun (FOOD)
A1 [ C ] US informal veggie a plant, root, seed, or pod that is used as food, especially in dishes that are not sweet:
fresh/frozen vegetables
vegetable soup/stew/curry
fruit and vegetables
The potato is the most popular vegetable in this country.
In the winter we tend to eat more root vegetables, such as carrots and parsnips.
Raw vegetables contain more potassium than cooked ones.
a vegetable knife
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fruit noun
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- He runs a fruit and vegetable stall in the market.
- A traditional British main course consists of a meat dish with potatoes and other vegetables.
- We don't have any fresh vegetables, only frozen peas.
- Peppers are usually cooked with other vegetables or eaten raw in salads.
- Trim off the leafy ends of the vegetable before cooking.
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Types of plant
- alpine
- annual
- bedding plant
- biennial
- cereal
- citronella
- grower
- hardy
- herb
- herbaceous
- herbal
- perennial
- pot plant
- potted
- rattan
- root crop
- tuber
- veggie
- weed
- woody
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vegetable noun (PERSON)
[ C ] informal a person who does not do anything or has no interest in doing anything:
Sitting at home all day in front of the TV slowly turned her into a vegetable.
[ C ] offensive a person who is unable to think or move correctly because of severe brain damage
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Laziness and lazy people
- bludger
- bone idle idiom
- bum around
- CBA
- clock-watching
- deadbeat
- doss
- idle
- inertia
- layabout
- lazy
- lazybones
- lie down on the job idiom
- loafer
- shirker
- skiver
- slacker
- slackness
- slob
- slug
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vegetableadjective
uk/ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/us/ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/made or obtained from a plant, or growing in the form of a plant:
vegetable matter/dye
First think of an object and tell us if it is animal, vegetable or mineral.
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Types of plant
- alpine
- annual
- bedding plant
- biennial
- cereal
- citronella
- grower
- hardy
- herb
- herbaceous
- herbal
- perennial
- pot plant
- potted
- rattan
- root crop
- tuber
- veggie
- weed
- woody
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