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# vegetable

noun (vegetable, vegetables; informal veg, veggies); adjective (vegetable oil)

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

## Everyday

1. A vegetable is a plant or part of a plant we eat, like a carrot, potato, cabbage or bean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#m1)
2. Vegetable can mean made from plants: vegetable oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#m2)

### In the lessons

a group word that covers carrots, potatoes and others; problems may ask for all vegetables together; in science and health: we eat different parts: roots (carrots), leaves (lettuce), stems (celery), flowers (broccoli), seeds (peas); eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day; in everyday life: growing vegetables in a garden; phrases: «fruit and vegetables», «vegetable garden», «veg»

### Examples

- She bought 3 carrots and 5 potatoes. How many vegetables did she buy? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#x1)
- The garden has 4 rows of vegetables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#x2)
- Vegetables cost 2 dollars a kilo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#x3)
- He ate 2 portions of vegetables a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#x4)
- Eat lots of fruit and vegetables to stay healthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#x5)
- A carrot is a root vegetable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#x6)
- We grow vegetables in the school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#x7)
- Wash vegetables before you eat them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#x8)
- He was carrying a huge basket of vegetables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetable/#x9)

### Note

A group word: «how many vegetables» often means add the kinds together. Trap: do not add fruit (apples) to vegetables if only vegetables are asked. Trap: in science, a tomato is a fruit (it has seeds), but in cooking it is used like a vegetable. Spelling: v-e-g-e-t-a-b-l-e.

## On Mova

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