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Meaning of vegetable in English

vegetable
noun
uk
/ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/ us
/ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/

vegetable noun (FOOD)

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A1 [ C ]
(US informal veggie)
a plant, root, seed, or pod that is used as food, especially in dishes that are not sweet:
fresh/frozen vegetables
vegetable soup/stew/curry
fruit and vegetables
The potato is the most popular vegetable in this country.
In the winter we tend to eat more root vegetables, such as carrots and parsnips.
Raw vegetables contain more potassium than cooked ones.
a vegetable knife
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vegetable noun (PERSON)

[ C ] informal
a person who does not do anything or has no interest in doing anything:
Sitting at home all day in front of the TV slowly turned her into a vegetable.
[ C ] offensive
an extremely offensive word for a person who is unable to think, move, or communicate in the usual way because of severe brain damage
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vegetable
adjective
uk
/ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/ us
/ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/
made or obtained from a plant, or growing in the form of a plant:
vegetable matter/dye
First think of an object and tell us if it is animal, vegetable or mineral.
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(Definition of vegetable from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

vegetable | American Dictionary

vegetable
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈvedʒ·tə·bəl, ˈvedʒ·ɪ·t̬ə-/
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a plant that is used as food, or the part of a plant, such as a root, stem, or flower, that is used as food:
For vegetables, we eat a lot of broccoli, spinach, and corn.
A person may be called a vegetable if the person is completely unable to move and to react, usually because of brain damage.
(Definition of vegetable from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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食物, 蔬菜, 人…
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grøntsag, vegetabilsk, plante…
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