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noun ADJ. green, leafy, root, salad The children don't eat enough green vegetables. | crisp a salad of crisp, raw vegetables | cooked, raw | fresh, frozen, tinned | organic | early, seasonal, spring, summer, winter | rotten VERB + VEGETABLE grow They grow all their own vegetables. | eat, have | boil, cook, overcook, parboil, steam, stir-fry | chop, peel, puree VEGETABLE + NOUN garden, patch, plot | market, stall | rack | crop | produce | dish, soup, stew, stock, terrine | fat, oil | protein | dye | fibre, matterFOOD
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vegetable
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + vegetable
fresh
• Fresh vegetables taste best immediately after they've been picked.
raw
• Some vegetables are better eaten raw.
organic
(= grown without using chemicals )
• Most supermarkets sell organic fruit and vegetables.
tinned/canned
• Do canned vegetables have as many vitamins as fresh ones?
frozen
• packets of frozen vegetables
green vegetables
• Eat plenty of green vegetables.
leafy vegetables
• Leafy vegetables contain iron, which is good for the blood.
root vegetables
(= vegetables whose roots you eat, such as carrots )
• Excellent soups can be made from root vegetables.
a salad vegetable
(= a vegetable that is eaten raw in a salad )
• You can buy ready-prepared salad vegetables.
baby vegetables
(= vegetables that have not grown to their full size )
• Baby vegetables, especially carrots and corn, appeal to youngsters.
vegetable + NOUN
vegetable soup
• I think I'll have the vegetable soup.
vegetable stock
(= a liquid in which vegetables have been cooked )
• Gently cook the mushrooms and onions in the vegetable stock.
vegetable oil
• She uses vegetable oil instead of lard.
a vegetable garden/patch/plot
• Anna was digging in the vegetable garden.
verbs
grow vegetables
• If we had a garden, we could grow our own vegetables.
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