Food Glossary
This is an example of a glossary. It contains food terms, parts of speech, definitions in sentence case from Google Search, text-to-speech pronunciation models, images from Wikimedia Commons, automatic translations to French, and authentic example sentences from the Lextutor Concordancer.
- apple
- noun
- The round fruit of a tree of the rose family, which typically has thin red or green skin and crisp flesh.
- Example: They may occur to the discoverer in a flash of inspiration, as in the mythical story of Newton's discovery of the law of gravitation being triggered by his seeing an APPLE fall from a tree.
- fr: pomme
- bagel
- noun
- A dense bread roll in the shape of a ring, made by boiling dough and then baking it.
- Example: In many regions around the country, the BAGEL, a ring-shaped bread product, is a common breakfast item. A BAGEL is often topped with seeds, such as sesame or poppy, or other spiced toppings, and is often served sliced in half, toasted, and spread with butter or cream cheese or other toppings.
- fr: beignet
- curry
- noun
- A dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian-style sauce of strong spices and typically served with rice.
- Example: And he came and he had a massive full plate of rice and CURRY and then he had custard and gooseberry pie.
- fr: curry
- fajita
- noun
- A dish of Mexican origin consisting of strips of spiced beef or chicken, chopped vegetables, and grated cheese, wrapped in a soft tortilla and often served with sour cream.
- Example: Fry for one minute, then tip in the black beans and fajita seasoning.
- fr: fajita
- gulab jamun
- noun
- A milk-solid-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent, popular in India.
- Example: He ordered gulab jamun for everybody.
- fr: gulab jamun
- hamburger
- noun
- A round patty of ground beef, fried or grilled and typically served on a bun or roll and garnished with various condiments.
- Example: She finished her HAMBURGER and drank her coffee and paid her check.
- fr: l'hamburger
- kimchi
- noun
- Spicy pickled cabbage, the national dish of Korea.
- Example: Like all Korean meals, breakfast is usually served with banchan, or side dishes consisting of KIMCHI , steamed eggs and tofu.
- fr: kimchi
![Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Kimchi%2C_Baptori%2C_Paris_20_September_2016.jpg)
- maple syrup
- noun
- Syrup produced from the sap of certain maples, especially the sugar maple.
- Example: I like to cook without recipes, freely mixing Marsala wine, mustard, artichoke hearts, candied ginger, MAPLE SYRUP , and plums, hoping something capable of being digested will emerge.
- fr: sirop d'érable
- pizza
- noun
- A dish of Italian origin consisting of a flat, round base of dough baked with a topping of tomato sauce and cheese, added meat or vegetables.
- Example: What about having a PIZZA with me tonight after work?"
- fr: pizza
- salmon
- noun
- A large edible fish that is a popular game fish, much prized for its orange flesh that turns pink when cooked.
- Example: Our church held a wonderful candlelit SALMON supper.
- fr: saumon.
- shepherd's pie
- noun
- A dish of ground meat under a layer of mashed potato.
- Example: The meat was melt-in-the-mouth gorgeous and the shepherd's pie had fluffy mashed potato and flavoursome meat.
- fr: tarte du berger
- shrimp
- noun
- A small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently harvested for food.
- Example: She said sharks have no bones and SHRIMP swim backwards.
- fr: crevette
- smoked salmon
- noun
- A orange fleshed fish flavored using smoldering wood at low temperatures during a curing process and sliced.
- fr: saumon fumé froid tranché
- spaghetti
- noun
- Pasta made in long, slender, solid strings.
- Example: Do you want SPAGHETTI tonight? Suits me. SPAGHETTI David? Got some of that lovely oatmeal bread?
- fr: spaghetti
- zucchini
- noun
- A green variety of smooth-skinned summer squash.
- Example: Top them with your favorite red sauce and some stir-fried mushrooms, ZUCCHINI , and peppers.
- fr: courgette
