celery
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- noun
- /ˈsɛləri/
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- For the salad, I added slices of celery for extra crunch.
- a stick of celery
- carrots and celery
- cucumbers and celery
OK, I got a little more celery in that bite.
- OK, I got a little more celery in that bite.
- Vegetables like lettuce and celery and beets contain huge amounts of nitrates.
- You love texture, you love celery has to be crunchy Asian pear nice and crunchy.
- We are adding carrots, celery, onions and mushrooms.
- So we're talking broccoli, cauliflower, celeries, fennel, carrots, stuff like that.
- Then the one at lunch is apple, celery, orange, spinach, lemon and ginger.
Examples
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And we prepared all of our nice stalks of celery in this pan.
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And then let's throw in celery and garlic.
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If it makes her mother happy to stick to the subject of celery, why not?
Fiction book (1996) -
So we're adding some raw celery to this.
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OK, I got a little more celery in that bite.
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Do you have any celery tonic?
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We are adding carrots, celery, onions and mushrooms.
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Elaine swept the chopped celery off the chopping board and into the pot.
Fiction book (1994) -
I took a stalk of celery and dipped it in fat-free ranch dressing.
Fiction book (2000) -
Does Zoe choose cabbage, celery, avocado or asparagus?
Synonyms
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A plant or plant part eaten as food, usually not sweet
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Leafy vegetables like spinach or kale that you eat
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A plant food like a carrot or lettuce that you eat
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Leaves and stems of plants like spinach or kale eaten as vegetables
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A plant food with green edible leaves like spinach or lettuce
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A plant with green leaves and stems you eat
A common green celery with crunchy stalks sold in shops
A vegetable with long crunchy green stalks eaten raw or cooked
A vegetable with thin stalks and a strong flavor used in Asian cooking
Compounds
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes spots or sores on celery leaves
A vegetable with a long head and crisp stalks like celery used in East Asian cooking
- Australian
A tall evergreen tree from Tasmania with strong, fine wood that people use for boats and building
- Specialized
A plant with leaves like celery and bright yellow flowers that grows in wet places
- Australian
A medium-sized evergreen tree from Tasmania with leaves like celery
How Crunchy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Celery comes from an old Greek word selinon, which meant 'parsley' or 'wild celery', a leafy plant much like the vegetable we eat today. That's why celery is the name for the green, crunchy stalks and leaves used in cooking.