Meaning & use
collard patch
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Meaning
nouncountableAmericanregional
a small piece of land where collard greens are grown.
Grammar: Countable: 'a collard patch,' 'two collard patches.'
Patterns
- a collard patch
- plant a collard patch
- work in the collard patch
Every spring, my grandfather plants a collard patch behind the house.
The collard patch needs plenty of water during the hot summer.
She picked a basket of leaves from the collard patch for dinner.
Word forms
| plural | collard patches |
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Common combinations
- plant a collard patch
- They plant a collard patch every April.
- tend the collard patch
- He spends his mornings tending the collard patch.
- a collard patch in the backyard
- There is a collard patch in the backyard.
Synonyms and how they differ
- vegetable garden
- A vegetable garden is much more general; a collard patch specifically grows collard greens.
Word family
- collard noun
- a type of cabbage with large, dark green leaves, usually eaten cooked.
- collard greens noun
- the leaves of the collard plant eaten as a vegetable.
Commonly confused: collard patch or collard greens?
collard patch vs collard greens
Collard greens are the vegetables themselves; a collard patch is the place where they grow.
Practice
My grandmother grows collard greens in a small ___ behind her house.
Choose one answer.
A 'collard patch' is the piece of land where collards grow. 'Collard green' is singular and refers to one leaf or plant, not the plot of land.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “collard patch”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.