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fresh-cut

fresh-cut

5 2.7
A plant or food cut very recently so it still looks and smells new
  • adjective
: cortado fresco
  • According to the International Fresh-cut Produce Association, fresh-cut fruits and vegetables make up one of the fastest growing food categories in U.S. supermarkets.
  • fresh-cut produce
  • fresh-cut fruit
  • fresh-cut vegetables

So next time you smell that fresh cut grass, remember that it's just adding insect to injury.

Examples

  • The air smelled of fresh-cut grass, and sprinklers jetted out water in accordance with rationing over the beautifully manicured lawns.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • But demand is growing for fresh-cut produce, a form that is open to potentially harmful microorganisms.

    Academic text (1999)

  • That way I can put the fresh cut stems down in water and I can just fill these just like a tree stand.

  • You people like the smell of fresh-cut grass?

    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

  • The actress returns with several fresh-cut flowers and a vase with water in it.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Convenient, packaged fresh-cut fruits and vegetables are showing up in more and more consumer markets.

    Academic text (2006)

  • On Dryden Road, at a florist's, he'd bought a dozen fresh-cut flowers.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Packaged fresh-cut melons are among the most common fresh-cut fruits available year-round in the marketplace.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The garden shop offered a selection of fresh-cut flowers, perfect for arrangements.

  • After mowing the lawn, the smell of fresh-cut grass lingered in the air.

Synonyms

fresh
vsfresh-cut
557 1.0

Recently made or gathered food that is not spoiled

refers specifically to items cut or harvested very recently rather than just recently produced

Antonyms

decayed
16 3.9

Something like wood, teeth, or food that is soft and broken because it has rotted

wilted
3 3.1

Limp and drooping from lack of water, heat, or disease

How Fresh

fresh-cut
5 2.7
fresh
557 1.0
aged
29 4.1
wilted
3 3.1

Surface Forms

fresh-cut positive

Morphology

fresh-cut = fresh + cut (transparent) = fresh + cut

The meaning 'recently cut/harvested' is directly and predictably composed from 'fresh' + 'cut'.

Etymology

Fresh-cut combines two simple English words: fresh ('recent, not old') and cut ('to remove with a knife or tool'). So fresh-cut describes plants or food that were cut very recently and are still fresh.