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lentils

lentils is the plural of lentil.

Meaning of lentil

Noun

lentil (plural lentils)

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
  2. The seed of these plants, used as food.
    • make a lentil stew
  3. A small chocolate candy in an edible shell.
    • An enhanced focus on the brand's iconic color palette and the use of different shapes and sizes of M&M'S lentils across all touchpoints to prove that all together, we're more fun2022 January 20, Mars Corporation, “Iconic M&M'S® Brand Announces Global Commitment to Creating A World Where Everyone Feels They Belong”, in PR Newswire, retrieved 17 Sep 2025
    Synonyms:
    dragée

Phrases with lentils

Questions about lentils

What is lentils the plural of?
Lentils is the plural of lentil.

Words near lentils in the dictionary

  1. lentil-weavers
  2. lentil-weaving
  3. lentilist
  4. lentilists
  5. lentilly
  6. lentils
  7. lentinan
  8. lentinans
  9. lentinoid
  10. lentiretroviral
  11. lentiretrovirus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lentils (page history and authors); lentil (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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