vegetable1 nounvegetable2 adjective
vegetablevege‧ta‧ble1 /ˈvedʒtəbəl/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINvegetable
Origin:
1300-1400 Medieval Latin vegetabilis ‘growing’, from vegetare ‘to grow’, from Latin vegere ‘to cause to act, excite’WORD SETS
alfalfa, nounarable, adjectivebarley, nounbran, nouncacao, nouncanker, nouncash crop, nouncassava, nouncereal, nouncocoa, nouncorn, nouncrop, nouncrop-dusting, nouncrop rotation, nouncrop-spraying, nouncultivate, verbcultivated, adjectivecultivation, nouncultivator, noundrill, noundrill, verbear, nounfertilize, verbfertilizer, nounfield corn, noungerminate, verbglean, verbgrain, noungranary, noungrower, nounharvest, nounharvest, verbharvester, nounhay, nounhayloft, nounhaystack, nounhorticulture, nounkernel, nounlift, verbmaize, nounmalt, nounmarket garden, nounmillet, nounoats, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveplant, verbplantation, nounpotato, nounproduce, nounpropagate, verbprune, verbreap, verbrice, nounrice paddy, nounripe, adjectiveroot crop, nounrotate, verbrye, nounryegrass, nounscion, nounseason, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounsheaf, nounsisal, nounsorghum, nounsow, verbsprout, nounstraw, nounstubble, nounsugar beet, nountaro, nountill, verbtillage, noununripe, adjectivevegetable, nounvineyard, nounviticulture, nounwheat, nounwindfall, nounwinnow, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + vegetable
The beans are fresh from the garden. fruit and vegetables apple growers There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays.
· Fresh vegetables taste best immediately after they’ve been picked.
· Some vegetables are better eaten raw.
(=grown without using chemicals)· Most supermarkets sell organic fruit and vegetables.
· Do canned vegetables have as many vitamins as fresh ones?
· packets of frozen vegetables
· Eat plenty of green vegetables.
· Leafy vegetables contain iron, which is good for the blood.
(=vegetables whose roots you eat, such as carrots)· Excellent soups can be made from root vegetables.
(=a vegetable that is eaten raw in a salad)· You can buy ready-prepared salad vegetables.
(=vegetables that have not grown to their full size)· Baby vegetables, especially carrots and corn, appeal to youngsters.
vegetable + NOUN· I think I’ll have the vegetable soup.
(=a liquid in which vegetables have been cooked)· Gently cook the mushrooms and onions in the vegetable stock.
· She uses vegetable oil instead of lard.
· Anna was digging in the vegetable garden.
verbs· If we had a garden, we could grow our own vegetables.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· I think I’ll have a chicken curry.
The beans are fresh from the garden. fruit and vegetables (=where vegetables/herbs are grown)· Rows of lettuces had been sown in the vegetable garden.
apple growers There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays.· Our restaurant uses only fresh organic vegetables.· Many people think that organic food is better for health.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a plant that is eaten raw or cooked, such as a cabbage, a carrot, or peas: - We begin with the nut cutlets of a vegetarian household where Harriet and Vesey meet as adolescents.
- After all, it eventually produces waste matter.
- Because if they didn't, then all solid matter would simply turn to vapour.
- It tells you just about how much organic matter is present.
- It was the only solid matter they would meet this side of Jupiterstill two hundred million miles away.
- Some organic matter is needed in order to produce nice specimens.
- The quantity needed may, however, vary according to the quantity of organic matter in the raw water.
- Urban refuse is 75 percent organic matter.
- You can improve your soil by adding organic matter.
fresh fruit and vegetables organic methods of growing vegetables vegetable soup a neat vegetable garden Vitamin A is found in liver and green vegetables.salad vegetables (=vegetables such as lettuce or tomatoes eaten raw)GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?• Vegetable is used as a countable noun: · Her son doesn’t like eating vegetables. ✗Don’t say: Her son doesn’t like eating vegetable.• Vegetable is used before nouns, for example vegetable soup, vegetable oil. ✗Don’t say: vegetables soup2not polite an offensive word for someone who is alive but who cannot talk or move because their brain is damagedCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + vegetablefresh· 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 vegetablesgreen 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 + NOUNvegetable 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.verbsgrow vegetables· If we had a garden, we could grow our own vegetables.vegetable1 nounvegetable2 adjective
vegetablevegetable2 adjective [only before noun] COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The beans are fresh from the garden. fruit and vegetables apple growers There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays.
· I think I’ll have a chicken curry.
The beans are fresh from the garden. fruit and vegetables (=where vegetables/herbs are grown)· Rows of lettuces had been sown in the vegetable garden.
apple growers There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays.· Our restaurant uses only fresh organic vegetables.· Many people think that organic food is better for health.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
formal relating to plants in general, rather than animals or things that are not living: - We begin with the nut cutlets of a vegetarian household where Harriet and Vesey meet as adolescents.
- After all, it eventually produces waste matter.
- Because if they didn't, then all solid matter would simply turn to vapour.
- It tells you just about how much organic matter is present.
- It was the only solid matter they would meet this side of Jupiterstill two hundred million miles away.
- Some organic matter is needed in order to produce nice specimens.
- The quantity needed may, however, vary according to the quantity of organic matter in the raw water.
- Urban refuse is 75 percent organic matter.
- You can improve your soil by adding organic matter.
decomposing vegetable matter- telepathy
- telephone
- telephone banking
- telephone book
- telephone booth
- telephone box
- telephone call
- telephone directory
- telephone exchange
- telephone number
- telephone pole
- telephonist
- telephony
- telephoto lens
- teleport
- teleportation
- teleprinter
- telesales
- telescope
- telescopic
- telethon
- teletypewriter
- televangelism
- televangelist
- televise