Brussels sprouts
1
2.0
- noun
- /ˈbrʌsəlz spraʊts/
:
coles de Bruselas
- Especially since I have a list of fall-type dishes that I want to cook this weekend: stuffed acorn squash, Brussels sprouts, and pumpkin ice cream (which I'll share if it turns out good).
- broccoli and Brussels sprouts
- Brussels sprouts and cabbage
- Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower
Examples
-
The secret to cooking Brussels sprouts is to undercook them.
Blog text (1) -
My husband blanched them, and then we froze them in individual servings for 2 and microwaved them for just 2 minutes, and they were without a doubt the best and freshest tasting Brussels sprouts we have ever eaten.
Blog text (1) -
I wonder if they like Brussels sprouts too?
Blog text (1) -
No amount of special cooking will make Brussels sprouts taste good to someone who has the gene.
Blog text (1) -
Maybe under the roast beef and Brussels sprouts?
-
There's also a big difference in Brussels sprouts depending on their size.
Blog text (1) -
You love Brussels sprouts and you love Cheddar cheese.
-
Brussels sprouts are considered a delicacy in my native India.
Blog text (1) -
I've always loved Brussels sprouts, but had only had them steamed.
Blog text (1) -
Roasted Brussels sprouts make a delicious side dish for any meal.
Synonyms
20
2.8
A small green vegetable like a tiny cabbage
A small green vegetable that grows as buds on a thick stem like tiny cabbages
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly inferable from 'Brussels' (a place name indicating origin) + 'sprout' (a young shoot/small cabbage-like vegetable), so a learner can infer these are small cabbages associated with Brussels. This place-name + noun composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g. French choux de Bruxelles), making the expression transparent to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
The name Brussels sprouts probably comes from the city Brussels in Belgium, where farmers grew many small cabbage-like buds called sprouts. Because they look like tiny cabbages on a tall stalk, the name came to mean those small green vegetables.