Definitions for vegetable

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vegetable veg·e·ta·ble

Spelling: [vej-tuh-buh l, vej-i-t

IPA: /ˈvɛdʒ tə bəl, ˈvɛdʒ ɪ tə-/

Vegetable is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 231 anagrams from letters in vegetable (abeeegltv).

Definitions for vegetable

noun

1. any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower.
2. the edible part of such a plant, as the tuber of the potato.
3. any member of the vegetable kingdom; plant.
4. Informal. a person who is so severely impaired mentally or physically as to be largely incapable of conscious responses or activity.
5. a dull, spiritless, and uninteresting person.

adjective

1. of, consisting of, or made from edible vegetables:
2. of, relating to, or characteristic of plants:
3. derived from plants:
4. consisting of, comprising, or containing the substance or remains of plants:
5. of the nature of or resembling a plant:
6. inactive; inert; dull; uneventful:

Origin of vegetable

1350-1400; Middle English (adj.) Late Latin vegetābilis able to live and grow, equivalent to vegetā(re) to quicken (see vegetate) + -bilis -bl

Examples for vegetable

"He poured out everything Gregory gave him after that, the vegetable juices, every elixir," Harold says.

What is the sun's effect on ice and snow, on vegetable and animal life?

The tale of the resources of California—vegetable and mineral—is a fairy-tale.

A fruit and vegetable diet seems sufficient in this climate.

Traffic was terrible, though, so only a few dozen people gamely remained to pick over the vegetable spread and drink beer.

“My brain injuries were so severe they thought I was going to be a vegetable for the rest of my life,” he says.

The flower beds were arranged here and there in the vegetable garden.

And this is no doubt as true of animal as of vegetable life.

Fried fats, hydrogenated fats, and vegetable oils are going to lead to more cravings and less satisfaction.

Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.