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fresh produce

fresh produce

9 1.0
Fruits and vegetables that are picked recently and not processed
  • noun
  • /frɛʃ ˈproʊdjuːs/
translation icon : productos frescos
  • "We will continue to provide them milk and fresh produce because it helps us in the long run to reduce future health care costs."
  • sell fresh produce
  • loose fresh produce

I like to shop for berries and fresh produce myself.

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Examples

  • Interest in urban agriculture has grown as residents seek to revitalize cities and improve access to fresh produce.

    Academic text (2013)

  • I can find fresh produce in the stores and at stands along the road.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Picked up a whole lot of fresh produce at the farmer's market this morning.

    My Fellow Americans (1996)

  • The city also received a grant to create a farmer's market, which will bring fresh produce closer to residents.

    Academic text (2006)

  • One share generally satisfies the fresh produce needs of a family of four for about half the year.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Pick up and dig into local and fresh produce from the Jeffersonville Farmers Market!

    Blog text (4)

  • Some fresh produce from this sun-drenched region makes a lucrative export to European markets.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Rice, vegetable Curry and fried tofu, chili, all fresh produce that we got from the market yesterday.

  • We've got bread here and then there's a huge section of like fresh produce as well, so like vegetables and fruit and potatoes all ready for the Christmas dinner.

  • I bought some fresh produce from the local farmer's market to make a healthy salad.

Synonyms

produce
vsfresh produce
137 1.1

Fresh fruits and vegetables often sold at markets

focuses on items that are unprocessed and not preserved
greengrocery
vsfresh produce
  • UK
4.1

Fresh fruit and vegetables sold in a market or shop

highlights that they are unprocessed rather than preserved
green groceries
vsfresh produce
  • UK
1.3

Fresh fruits and vegetables sold in shops or markets

stresses that they are not processed or preserved
green goods
vsfresh produce
2.0

Fresh fruits and vegetables that farmers grow to sell in markets

emphasizes they are unprocessed and not preserved
garden truck
vsfresh produce
  • US
4.6

Fresh fruits and vegetables that farmers grow to sell at markets

focuses on their freshness and lack of preservation

Antonyms

canned goods
  • US
12 1.0

Food that people keep in metal cans so it lasts a long time

How Fresh

fresh produce
9 1.0
day-old
13 3.7

Surface Forms

fresh produce singular
fresh produces plural

Morphology

fresh + produce

The phrase 'fresh produce' is transparently built from 'fresh' (recently produced, unspoiled) + 'produce' (market fruits and vegetables), so its meaning of unprocessed fruits and vegetables is directly derivable from the constituents. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows ordinary modifier+noun semantics, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Fresh produce comes from a simple picture: fresh means recently picked and produce means the fruits and vegetables farmers grow to sell. So it came to mean 'fresh fruits and vegetables'.