vegetable
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
The edible part of such a plant.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈvɛdʒtəbəl
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The edible part of such a plant.
Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
adjective
Of or relating to vegetables.
Of or relating to plants.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The edible part of such a plant.
Used this way, vegetable 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
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “Eating a variety of colorful vegetable dishes is good for health.”
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Word family
Words built from the same root.
All the plant life in a particular region or period.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A small garden where vegetables are grown.
Perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage.
A plant fiber from the kapok tree.
Soup made with a variety of vegetables.
The loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit.
A waxy fat obtained from certain plants (e.g. bayberry) and used as tallow.
Related Words
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Synonyms
Sense: of or relating to vegetables
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