Brussels sprout
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈbrʌsəlz spraʊt/
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- Steaming Brussels sprouts brings out their natural sweetness.
- eat Brussels sprouts
- sauté Brussels sprouts
- fried Brussels sprouts
This bed is half Brussels sprouts and half broccoli.
- This bed is half Brussels sprouts and half broccoli.
- So we talked about cruciferous vegetables, including your broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, OK.
- Cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, turnips, kale.
- Turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans with your cheese sauce 'cause I hate Brussels sprouts.
- Last night I had a glass of wine and I cooked dinner roasted potatoes, steak, Brussels sprouts with pecans and and cranberries.
- So brassicas are detoxifying vegetables, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, cabbage.
- She would come home, get the Brussels sprouts out, wash them, cut them up, sprinkle some red mud, Real Salt on them, and then saute them in a skillet, all in bacon grease.
- Other ones are mustards, collards, Brussels sprouts, cabbage.
Examples
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The first time I tried cooking Brussels sprouts was a disaster.
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And the flavor of nicely roasted Brussels sprouts was just so amazing!
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Did you try the Brussels sprouts yet?
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Hey, bring me some Brussels sprouts if you see any.
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Too early in the season for Brussels sprouts.
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I had Brussels sprouts, baked beans, and date bars for dinner.
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We've got mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts and bacon.
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My favorite of all are roasted Brussels sprouts and butternut squash together.
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I was told that it couldn't be done, but the kids were gobbling roasted Brussels sprouts!
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Now, I hate Brussels sprouts unless they're cooked with garlic and fried up with a bit of like veg vegetable stock, you know?
Synonyms
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2.0
Small green vegetables that look like tiny cabbages
A small green vegetable that grows as buds on a thick stem like tiny cabbages
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'Brussels' marks origin/association and 'sprout' denotes a young shoot/vegetable, so a learner who knows both words can infer a small cabbage-like vegetable associated with Brussels. This formation is cross-linguistically common (e.g. French 'chou de Bruxelles'), so the sense is immediately recoverable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
The name Brussels sprout may come from the city Brussels in Belgium, where farmers grew small cabbages on a tall stalk. The word sprout means these 'little shoots', so the name links the place and the vegetable we eat today.