knob celery
- noun
- /nɑb ˈsɛləri/
- US
- She added diced knob celery to the stew for extra flavor.
Examples
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The farmer grows both leafy celery and knob celery in his fields.
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I bought a fresh knob celery at the market.
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Many recipes for winter soups call for knob celery as a main ingredient.
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Have you ever tried knob celeries in a salad?
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Many recipes for winter soups call for knob celery as a main ingredient.
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She added diced knob celery to the stew for extra flavor.
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The farmer grows both leafy celery and knob celery in his fields.
Synonyms
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3.2
A large bumpy root vegetable with a mild celery taste used in cooking
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8.0
A round bumpy root vegetable that tastes like celery and is eaten cooked or raw
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5.1
A vegetable with a large, round root that people eat instead of potatoes
A vegetable like celery with a large round root eaten cooked or raw
A vegetable with a large, round edible root that tastes like celery and is used in soups and stews
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Surface Forms
Morphology
knob + celery
The compound is compositionally transparent: 'knob' (a rounded protuberance) combined with 'celery' yields the sense 'a celery with a rounded/knob-like root' (i.e., celeriac). This follows normal noun–noun compounding patterns and would be inferable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Knob celery comes from the vegetable's look: it has a round, firm root that looks like a knob attached to the celery stalks. That's why knob celery means the kind of celery with a large edible root 'used in cooking'.