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- [spin-ich]
- /ˈspɪn ɪtʃ/
- /ˈspɪn.ɪtʃ/
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- [spin-ich]
- /ˈspɪn ɪtʃ/
Definitions of spinach word
- noun spinach a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves. 1
- noun spinach the leaves. 1
- noun spinach plant 1
- uncountable noun spinach Spinach is a vegetable with large dark green leaves that you chop up and boil in water before eating. 0
- noun spinach a chenopodiaceous annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its dark green edible leaves 0
- noun spinach the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable 0
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Origin of spinach
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; < Middle French espinache, espinage < Old Spanish espinaca, alteration of Arabic isfānākh, perhaps < Persian
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Parts of speech for Spinach
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spinach popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spinach usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spinach
adj spinach
- apple — An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh.
- aquamarine — Aquamarines are clear, greenish-blue stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- beryl — a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granites and igneous rocks. It is a source of beryllium and is sometimes used as a gemstone; the green variety is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Composition: beryllium aluminium silicate. Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18. Crystal structure: hexagonal
- bice — a medium blue colour; azurite
- blue-green — a color about midway between blue and green in the spectrum.
adjective spinach
- emerald — A bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl.
- fir — any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- forest — Lee, 1873–1961, U.S. inventor of radio, telegraphic, and telephonic equipment.
- grass — Günter (Wilhelm) [goo n-ter wil-helm;; German gyn-tuh r vil-helm] /ˈgʊn tər ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgün tər ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1927–2015, German novelist, poet, and playwright.
- jade — James' DSSSL Engine
noun spinach
- fib — a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
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