Meaning of vegetably | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of vegetables.

Examples

“To serve⟳ four: Peel, cut⟳ into quarters and slice very thin two or three good size yellow turnips, making about two cupfuls. Cover⟳ with boiling water and sprinkle with one-half teaspoon salt. Allow⟳ to stand⟳ eight or 10 minutes. This removes any vegetably taste⟳. Drain.”

“When I tasted it before bottling, it had a medley of sugar, woodiness and typically Chardonnay vegetably taste⟳.”

“The interior was cramped and disappointingly tidy, disappointingly average: flour sack curtains on the screenless windows, a table, chipped and slightly canted, flanked by two mismatched chairs, a thick vegetably smell⟳ like⟳ wet⟳ grass.”

“Green asparagus has a more “vegetably” taste⟳, a bit like⟳ peas.”

“When the tea was ready they both drank politely and said it hit the spot, even though it wasn’t very hot and had a funny vegetably taste⟳.”

“It was stale, and complicated by the stench of recent exhaust⟳ smoke⟳ from the van, but persisting faintly was a sweetly rotten vegetably odour, as though the warehouse had once stored perishable goods.”

“The earthy, vegetably taste⟳ of fresh spinach is a welcome⟳ change⟳ for someone who grew up with iceberg lettuce as his only frame of reference for leafy greens (not counting gruesome canned spinach).”

“It had a pleasant, vegetably taste⟳, and lasted two years in my fridge before fermenting.”

“This ugly cousin to Bud has an immediate vegetably, grassy taste⟳, even ice-cold.”

“He strode into the kitchen and gulped down the safe smell⟳ of fried spices and garlic from the night before – a lentilly vegetably smell⟳ that would no doubt⟳ translate⟳ itself into lentilly vegetably farts at some point⟳ today.”

“For example, promoting some “health” drinks as a way for children to get⟳ their vegetables (without the “vegetably” taste⟳!!) by promising two servings of vegetables based on the presence of small amounts of tomato and potato juice, is an example of a “creative” practice.”

“The monster likes meaty things, like⟳ goats and sheep and emperors … And it doesn’t like⟳ vegetables. It’s just like⟳ me! So if I give⟳ it the most vegetably taste⟳ it’s ever tasted …”

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