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# lettuce

noun (lettuce, lettuces; a lettuce, a head of lettuce)

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

## Everyday

A plant with large green leaves that people eat raw, mostly in salads and sandwiches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lettuce/#m1)

### In the lessons

In food and healthy eating lessons it is a vegetable for salads, sandwiches and burgers. In science and gardening: lettuce grows quickly from seed and needs water and light; children grow it in school gardens. Safety: wash lettuce before eating to remove dirt. Phrases: «a head of lettuce», «lettuce leaves».

### Examples

- I like lettuce and tomato in my sandwich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lettuce/#x1)
- Wash the lettuce before you make the salad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lettuce/#x2)
- We grew lettuce in the school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lettuce/#x3)
- Rabbits love to nibble lettuce. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lettuce/#x4)
- Mum bought two lettuces at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lettuce/#x5)
- Slugs ate holes in our lettuce leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lettuce/#x6)
- A burger with cheese, lettuce and pickles, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lettuce/#x7)
- First he ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes; [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lettuce/#x8)

### Note

Spelling trap: «lettuce» is said «LET-iss», with double «t» and «-uce» at the end. As food it is usually uncountable («some lettuce»); whole plants are countable («two lettuces»). Lettuce is mostly water, so it is light but not very filling.

## On Mova

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