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# kale

noun (kale — uncountable)

«kale» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Kale is a leafy green vegetable in the cabbage family, with curly or flat dark leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kale/#m1)
2. (Scotland, old) Kail or kale was an old word for cabbage soup or for food in general. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kale/#m2)

### In the lessons

In healthy eating lessons kale is given as an example of a vegetable full of vitamins and fibre. In everyday life people put it in salads, smoothies, soups or bake it into crisps. It grows well in cold weather. Phrases: «kale chips», «curly kale», «a bunch of kale».

### Examples

- Mum put kale in the green smoothie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kale/#x1)
- Curly kale grows well even in frost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kale/#x2)
- We baked kale chips with a little oil and salt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kale/#x3)
- Kale is in the same family as broccoli and cabbage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kale/#x4)
- Dad bought a bunch of kale at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kale/#x5)
- Caterpillars love munching our kale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kale/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «some kale», not «a kale» (but «a bunch of kale»). Rhymes with «sale». Kale chips (US) are called kale crisps in the UK.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kale» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kale/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kale» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kale.html) on Mova free.