iceberg lettuce
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- noun
- /ˈaɪsˌbɜrg ˈlɛtɪs/
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lechuga iceberg
- Then here is the the iceberg lettuce, some sprouts coming up.
- shredded iceberg lettuce
- 1 cup iceberg lettuce
- iceberg lettuce salad
And when it's hot, I want like crunchy iceberg lettuce and like cold foods.
- And when it's hot, I want like crunchy iceberg lettuce and like cold foods.
- It kind of tastes like if iceberg lettuce was in the form of a cucumber.
- But there's very few examples like the iceberg lettuce that are really useless.
Examples
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She lifts a head of Iceberg lettuce—pleasantly frosty and light.
Fiction book (1991) -
My guys enjoyed this served on a bed of shredded iceberg lettuce and then topped with sour cream, guacamole, and chopped tomatoes.
Blog text (20) -
And then, my favorite part of the meal was this simply silly salad of iceberg lettuce.
Blog text (33) -
And when it's hot, I want like crunchy iceberg lettuce and like cold foods.
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However, we do eat out a lot, and I don't always have to resort to iceberg lettuce and French fries.
Blog text (31) -
Cream cheese, iceberg lettuce, Branston Mayo and salt.
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She starts washing iceberg lettuce for a salad, and I pat the leaves dry with paper towels.
Fiction book (1993) -
When the Stouffer's was ready, Bernstein fixed himself a salad of iceberg lettuce, which he covered with Kraft Thousand Island dressing, poured a glass of ginger ale, and took it all into the den.
Fiction book (1995) -
I made a healthy salad with chopped iceberg lettuce, carrots, and a light dressing.
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For lunch, she prepared a sandwich with iceberg lettuce, turkey, and tomatoes.
Synonyms
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A crisp round lettuce with pale green leaves used in salads
A lettuce with firm, light green, tightly packed leaves and a crunchy texture, also called iceberg lettuce
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Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'lettuce' denotes the vegetable and 'iceberg' (as given) specifies a particular kind characterized by a crisp, tightly packed round head, so the overall meaning—a variety of lettuce—is immediately derivable. Noun+noun type naming of varieties is cross-linguistically common, making this readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Iceberg lettuce may come from how big, round heads of lettuce were packed in ice for long trips, so they arrived cold and very 'crisp'. So the icy, fresh image made the name stick, and today iceberg lettuce means the firm, pale head with tight, 'crisp' leaves.