julienne vegetable
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- noun
- /ˈdʒuːliˌɛn ˈvɛdʒtəbl/
- Specialized
- The soup was garnished with a handful of fresh julienne vegetables.
Examples
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The recipe calls for a julienne vegetable mix.
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Carefully preparing julienne vegetables gives the dish an elegant presentation.
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She added julienne vegetables to the stir-fry for extra color and texture.
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She added a julienne vegetable to the salad.
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The chef prepared a colorful dish with julienne vegetables for the dinner party.
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For a fresh salad, cut the carrots and cucumbers into julienne vegetables for added texture.
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She garnished the meal with julienne vegetables to enhance its presentation.
Synonyms
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7.4
Thin strips of vegetables cut like matchsticks used to decorate food
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'julienne' (cut into narrow, matchstick-like strips) with 'vegetable', so the meaning — a vegetable prepared in julienne strips — is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents. This adjective+noun culinary pattern is transparent and recognizable to learners who know both words.
Etymology
Julienne vegetable may come from French cooking; one popular story says it was named after a cook called Julie who liked to slice vegetables into long, thin strips like matchsticks. So julienne came to mean 'cut into thin strips', and a julienne vegetable is a vegetable cut that way.