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chard

/t͡ʃɑːd//t͡ʃɑɹd/

chard noun: an edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

chard: an edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste
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Noun (1)

chard (countable and uncountable, plural chards)

  1. (uncountable) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
  2. Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.

Proper noun capitalized: Chard

Chard

  1. A town and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district, near the Devon border. The civil parish is named Chard Town, and served by Chard Town Council. (OS grid ref ST3208).
    • There was to be no official opening ceremony, but nevertheless the inhabitants of Chard were not going to neglect this opportunity for a bean-feast, for they were also to celebrate the demolition of the town's East Gate.1954 February, R. J. Sellick, “Railways to Chard”, in Railway Magazine, page 121
  2. A commune in Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
  3. Synonym of Janvier South, Alberta, Canada, from the name of A. Chard.
    Synonyms:
    Janvier South, Alberta, Canada, from the name of A. Chard
  4. A surname.
    • Three men got out and surrounded Mr Chard. They were police officers, and he was under arrest, charged with taking indecent pictures of his children under the Protection of Children Act 1978 (POCA).1998, Laurence O'Toole, Pornocopia: porn, sex, technology and desire

Noun (2) capitalized: Chard

Chard (countable and uncountable, plural Chards)

  1. Chardonnay wine.
    • Today you can order a glass of Chard almost anywhere, but in the 1960s it was relatively unknown outside of France. Can you imagine such a time?2005, Maureen Christian Petrosky, The Wine Club: A Month-by-Month Guide to Learning about Wine with Friends, Des Moines, IA: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 116

chard meaning in Tamil and Arabic

chard in Tamil

உண்ணக்கூடிய பேரிலைத் தாவரம், ஆர்ட்டிச்சோக் இலை

chard in Arabic

Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla — see also beet
سِلْق silq

Synonyms of chard

Forms of chard

pluralchards
pluralChards

Plural of chard: chards

Origin of chard

From earlier card (remodelled after chardoon, obsolete form of cardoon), from Middle French carde, from Latin carduus (“thistle”). Doublet of cardoon.

Clipping of Chardonnay.

Words formed from chard

Words that rhyme with chard

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Questions about chard

What does chard mean?
Chard means an edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
What is chard in Tamil?
Chard in Tamil is உண்ணக்கூடிய பேரிலைத் தாவரம், ஆர்ட்டிச்சோக் இலை. See Chard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chard?
Chard can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce chard?
Chard is pronounced /t͡ʃɑːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of chard?
The plural of chard is chards.

Words near chard in the dictionary

  1. charcuterie platter
  2. charcuteries
  3. charcutier
  4. charcutiers
  5. charcutière sauce
  6. chard
  7. Chard Junction
  8. chardge
  9. Chardinian
  10. Chardjui
  11. Chardon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chard (page history and authors); Chard (page history and authors); chard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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