Meaning & use
vegetable
A plant or part of a plant used as food, typically served as part of a savory meal.
See it in a sentence
She added carrots, peas, and other vegetables to the soup.
Doctors recommend eating a wide variety of vegetables every day for good health.
A note on using this word
Botanically, tomatoes and cucumbers are technically fruits, but they are treated as vegetables in cooking.
Words with a similar meaning
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “vegetable”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.