fresh-cut
3
2.7
- 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.
- So next time you smell that fresh cut grass, remember that it's just adding insect to injury.
Examples
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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.
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You people like the smell of fresh-cut grass?
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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.
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After mowing the lawn, the smell of fresh-cut grass lingered in the air.
Synonyms
778
1.0
Recently made or gathered food that is not spoiled
Antonyms
How Fresh
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.