Synonyms for
Vegetable
Definition
a plant or part of a plant used as food, typically as accompaniment to meat or fish, such as a cabbage, potato, carrot, or bean.
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Common collocations
- fresh vegetable
- root vegetable
- leafy vegetable
- green vegetable
- vegetable garden
- vegetable soup
- raw vegetable
Word family
noun vegetable
adjective vegetative
Usage note
While 'vegetable' is commonly used to refer to edible plants, botanically, fruits and grains are also vegetables. The term can sometimes be used metaphorically to describe a person in a vegetative state.
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Example sentences
- My favorite vegetable is broccoli.
- I like to eat a variety of vegetables with my meals.
- Vegetables are good for your health.
- Carrots are a type of vegetable that grows underground.
- I like to make a salad with lots of different vegetables.
Quotes
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R. Tolkien
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” - Hippocrates
“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” - Thomas Edison