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celery stick

celery stick

2 1.3
A long thin piece of celery that people eat raw as a snack or in salads
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛləri stɪk/
translation icon : tallo de apio
  • We normally get Golden Delicious or Gala apples, some celery sticks and some carrot batons.
  • carrots and celery sticks
  • celery sticks with dip
  • celery sticks and crackers

Who's got the blue cheese celery stick?

Examples

  • Dorsey said once the children began to sample the healthy foods, it was only a matter of time until they discovered the joy contained in the first crunch of a celery stick.

    Blog text (8)

  • They were fixing green potato knishes, eclairs filled with mint cream, and celery sticks stuffed with green-tinted tuna salad.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • "Want the rest of my celery stick?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Good, all we need is.. some celery sticks and we can have a couple Bloody Marys.

    Lonely Hearts (2006)

  • This Caesar was set down in front of me, a tall glass with a celery-salted rim, and a celery stick inside.

    Blog text (21)

  • Narrator 1: Ben eats a few celery sticks, while Walt wolfs down two pieces of pizza.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Celery sticks, carrots, low-fat yogurt, water, and green tea are your allies against cellulite.

    Blog text (25)

  • Serve your fancy sandwiches with celery sticks and glasses of milk for a fun and nutritious meal.

  • Sliced cucumbers, carrots, or celery sticks are great to have on hand for snacks.

  • Snacks and spreads: Dip the celery sticks in the hummus for a healthy treat.

Surface Forms

celery stick singular
celery sticks plural

Morphology

celery + stick

The meaning 'a piece of celery stalk cut into a long, thin stick' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'celery' (the vegetable) with 'stick' (a long thin piece), forming a simple noun–noun compound that names a shaped piece of the vegetable. This compositional, non-idiomatic pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Celery stick comes from a simple picture: a long, thin piece of celery that looks like a small stick. So today celery stick means 'a piece of celery cut into a long, thin stick, often eaten raw as a snack or added to salads'.