vanilla

noun

/vəˈnɪlə/

[uncountable]

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a substance obtained from the beans of a tropical plant, also called vanilla, used to add taste to sweet foods, for example ice cream
- (British English) vanilla essence
- (North American English) vanilla extract
- (British English) a vanilla pod
- (North American English) a vanilla bean
Topics Plants and treesc1, Foodc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Vanilla is used before these nouns:
bean
essence
extract
…
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla ‘pod’, diminutive of vaina ‘sheath, pod’, from Latin vagina ‘sheath’. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille.

vanilla

adjective

/vəˈnɪlə/

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tasting of vanilla
- vanilla ice cream
(informal) ordinary; not special in any way
- The city is pretty much plain vanilla.
- This is only the vanilla version of the software.

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla ‘pod’, diminutive of vaina ‘sheath, pod’, from Latin vagina ‘sheath’. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille.

单词	vanilla
释义	vanilla noun /vəˈnɪlə/ /vəˈnɪlə/ [uncountable] jump to other results a substance obtained from the beans of a tropical plant, also called vanilla, used to add taste to sweet foods, for example ice cream (British English) vanilla essence (North American English) vanilla extract (British English) a vanilla pod (North American English) a vanilla bean Topics Plants and treesc1, Foodc1 Oxford Collocations DictionaryVanilla is used before these nouns: bean essence extract … See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla ‘pod’, diminutive of vaina ‘sheath, pod’, from Latin vagina ‘sheath’. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille. vanilla adjective /vəˈnɪlə/ /vəˈnɪlə/ jump to other results tasting of vanilla vanilla ice cream (informal) ordinary; not special in any way The city is pretty much plain vanilla. This is only the vanilla version of the software. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish vainilla ‘pod’, diminutive of vaina ‘sheath, pod’, from Latin vagina ‘sheath’. The spelling change was due to association with French vanille.
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