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Meaning of Lettuce | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈlɛt.ɪs

Definitions

  1. An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
    uncountable
  3. United States paper currency; dollars.
    US, slang, uncountable
  4. A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
    countable, uncountable
  5. Marijuana.
    slang, uncountable
  6. Long, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.
    slang, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الخسّ خس
Беларуская салат
Български маруля
Bosanski karam salata салата
Català enciam lletuga
Čeština hlávkový salát
Cymraeg letys letysen
Deutsch Gartensalat Häuptelsalat Kopfsalat Lattich Salat
Ελληνικά θρίδακας λεφτά μαρούλι χρήματα
Esperanto laktuko
Español lechuga
فارسی کاهو
Suomi lehtisalaatti salaatinlehti salaatti
Français laitue oseille salade
Gaeilge leitís
Gàidhlig càl amh leatas
Galego leituga
עברית חסה
Hrvatski karam salata салата
Magyar fejes saláta saláta
Հայերեն կաթնուկ հազար մառոլ սալաթ
Bahasa Indonesia letus selada
Íslenska salat
Italiano lattuga
日本語 ちしゃ レタス 苣
ქართული სალათა
Қазақша салат
한국어 불기 상추
Latina lactuca
ລາວ ຈອກ
Latviešu salāti
Македонски марула салата
Malti ħassa
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဆလတ်
Nederlands flappen salade sla slaatje slaplant
Polski kapucha kapusta sałata sałatowy
Português alface verdinhas
Română lăptucă salată
Русский капуста лату́к салат сала́т-лату́к
Slovenščina solata
Српски karam salata салата
Svenska sallad sallat
Kiswahili letusi saladi
ไทย ผักกาดหอม ผักสลัด
Tagalog letsugas
Türkçe marul
Українська салат
Oʻzbekcha karam salat
Tiếng Việt rau diếp xà lách

Examples

“I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.”
“To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves.”
“Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

lettuce keeper lettuce leaf lettuce opium lettuce sea slug lettuce-bird Letty

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