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dill

dill

30 1.0
A scented herb with fine feathery leaves used to flavor food
  • noun
  • /dɪl/
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  • And cucumber sandwiches with cream cheese and just a little sprig of dill.
  • dill pickles
  • fresh dill
  • chopped dill

I love all herbs except for dill, which should be illegal.

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Examples

  • Be sure to have some dill fish (Cha Ca La Vong) in Hanoi for me.

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  • Sir, for your appetizer, you'll have salmon and lemon in dill sauce.

  • Oh, and we have dill and basil over there.

  • And they have many different host plants, but the ones that I plant for them are my dill and my parsley.

  • You have mint, you have dill, you have lemongrass.

  • It's a dill sauce with mustard.

  • Could use a smidge of sour cream and dill.

  • Slow scrambled eggs with a little bit of dill in them, salt, pepper.

  • I've already planted dill and I'm going to plant more.

  • I love using fresh dill to enhance the flavor of my potato salad.

Synonyms

dill weed
vsdill
1 2.9

Leaves from the dill plant that add flavor to food

is identical in meaning but is the general herb name, not this written phrase
Anethum graveolens
vsdill
  • Specialized
6.4

A herb with feathery leaves and seeds used in cooking, called dill

is the common, everyday name rather than the scientific label
dillweed
vsdill
  • US
2.6

Leaves from the dill plant that you use to add flavor when cooking

is the whole aromatic herb rather than only the leaves

Compounds

3 1.6

A cucumber that people keep in salt water or vinegar and flavor with dill

1 2.9

Leaves from the dill plant that add flavor to food

3.0

A small brown seed from the dill plant used to add flavor to food

4.2

A hot drink made by putting dill leaves or seeds in water

How Aromatic

rosemary
117 2.3
tarragon
12 5.8
dill
30 1.0
chives
2.0
parsley
58 1.0

Surface Forms

dill singular
dills plural

Etymology

Dill comes from an old word that meant 'to soothe' or 'calm'. People long ago used dill to settle stomachs and help babies sleep, so the name reminds us of the herb's calming use.