greens
noun
Form of green , plural of green.
Simple meaning
Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
Pronunciation
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greenzIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɡɹinz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
Leafy plants that are used for decoration.
informal
Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly green, particularly
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
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This meaning: Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
Used this way, greens is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- leafy vegetable , rarer, so it draws attention
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- “We always try to eat plenty of fresh greens with our dinner.”
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Compound terms
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Leaves eaten as cooked greens.
Grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking.
Tender leaves of young white turnips.
Kale that has smooth leaves.
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Tossed salad composed primarily of salad greens.
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Sense: leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables
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