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# veggie

noun (a veggie, veggies; informal); adjective (veggie; informal)

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

## Everyday

1. (informal) A vegetable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/#m1)
2. (informal, UK, Australia) A vegetarian, someone who does not eat meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/#m2)
3. (adjective, informal) Vegetarian: a veggie burger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/#m3)

### In the lessons

Common in everyday family talk, school lunches and menus: «Eat your veggies!» In the UK and Australia «I'm veggie» means «I'm vegetarian». In maths word problems, veggies are often counted or shared.

### Examples

- Eat up your veggies before pudding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/#x1)
- I'm veggie, so I'll have the bean burger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/#x2)
- The café has a good veggie menu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/#x3)
- We grew veggies in the school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/#x4)
- Dad chopped 3 carrots and 2 peppers: 5 veggies in all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/#x5)
- Veggie sausages are made from vegetables, beans or soya. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veggie/#x6)

### Note

Informal; in writing at school use «vegetable» or «vegetarian». Also spelt «veggy» (rare). Plural veggies. Mostly the US says «veggies» for vegetables; the UK also uses «veg».

## On Mova

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