lettuce
UK/ˈlɛt.ɪs/
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Philippines/ˈlɛtus/
lettuce noun: an edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
Noun
lettuce (countable and uncountable, plural lettuces)
- An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
- Synonyms:
- sleepwort
- The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
- I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
- United States paper currency; dollars.
- To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves.1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 26
- Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!
- Synonyms:
- cabbage, greenbacks
- A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
- Marijuana.
- Long, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.
lettuce meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lettuce in Hindi
- an edible plant, Lactuca
- लेटिष leṭiṣ, सलाद पत्ता salād pattā
lettuce in Tamil
- இலைக்கோசு
lettuce in Marathi
- लेटीस
lettuce in Urdu
- لیٹیس, لیٹوس
More languagesFewer languages
- lettuce in Bengali
- লেটুস leṭus
- lettuce in Malayalam
- പച്ചടിക്കീര
- lettuce in Kannada
- ಲೆಟಿಸ್, ಲೆಟ್ಯೂಸ್, ಲೆಟೀಸ್
- lettuce in Gujarati
- લેટીસ
- lettuce in Odia
- ଲେଟୁସ୍, ଲେଟୁସ
- lettuce in Nepali
- लेटुस, लेटीस
- lettuce in Tagalog
- letsugas
- lettuce in Arabic
- خَسّ ḵass
- lettuce in Malay
- selada
- lettuce in Indonesian
- selada
- lettuce in Persian
- کاهو kâhu
- lettuce in Thai
- ผักกาดหอม pàk-gàat-hɔ̌ɔm, ผักสลัด pàk-sà-làt
- lettuce in Vietnamese
- rau diếp
- lettuce in Myanmar
- ဆလတ် hca.lat, ဆလတ်ရွက် hca.latrwak
Examples of lettuce in a sentence
- I put some lettuce in the burger to make it more crunchy.
- The shrimp sandwich dressed with lettuce and tomato is their top seller.
- The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.
Synonyms of lettuce
Forms of lettuce
| plural | lettuces |
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Origin of lettuce
From Middle English letuse, of uncertain precise origin, probably from the plural form Old French laitues, derived from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”), from lac (“milk”), because of the milky fluid in its stalks. Replaced Old English lēahtric. (money): Likely from the green color of US banknotes.
Words formed from lettuce
- asparagus lettuce
- Bibb lettuce
- Boston lettuce
- butterhead lettuce
- cabbage lettuce
- celery lettuce
- celtuce
- chalk lettuce
- Chinese lettuce
- cos lettuce
- devil's lettuce
- frisée lettuce
- green leaf lettuce
- hare's lettuce
- iceberg lettuce
- lamb's lettuce
- lettuce-bird
- lettuce edge
- lettuce edging
- lettuce fork
- lettuce hem
- lettuce keeper
- lettuce leaf
- lettuceless
- lettucelike
- lettuce opium
- lettuce sea slug
- lettuce trim
- lettucey
- miner's lettuce
- nut lettuce
- prickly lettuce
- purple lettuce
- romaine lettuce
- sand lettuce
- sea lettuce
- shredduce
- slender sea lettuce
- stem lettuce
- wall lettuce
- water lettuce
- water-lettuce
- white lettuce
- wild lettuce
Phrases with lettuce
Questions about lettuce
- What does lettuce mean?
- Lettuce means an edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
- What is lettuce in Hindi?
- Lettuce in Hindi is लेटिष (leṭiṣ), सलाद पत्ता (salād pattā). See Lettuce meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lettuce?
- Lettuce is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lettuce?
- Lettuce is pronounced /ˈlɛt.ɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lettuce?
- The plural of lettuce is lettuces.
Words near lettuce in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lettuce (page history and authors); lettuce (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lettuce (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lettuce (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lettuce (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lettuce (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lettuce (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lettuce (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lettuce (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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