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potager

UK/ˈpɒtaʒeɪ/

potager noun: a kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively.

Noun

potager (plural potagers)

  1. A kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively.
    • while he could not get into it until he obtained the keys from Bechet the notary, he had a picnic or two in the dilapidated garden and the herb potager, now run hopelessly to seed and weed.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 398
  2. (obsolete) A porringer.
    • An INDIAN DISH or Potager. Made alſo of the Barque of a Tree, with the Sides and Rim ſewed together after the manner of Twiggen-Work.1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis: Or, A Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and preſerved at Greſham Colledge, page 372

Forms of potager

pluralpotagers

Origin of potager

From Middle English potager, from Middle French potager, from potage. The pronunciation is sometimes altered to imitate the pronunciation of French potager.

Questions about potager

What does potager mean?
Potager means a kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively.
What part of speech is potager?
Potager is a noun.
How do you pronounce potager?
Potager is pronounced /ˈpɒtaʒeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of potager?
The plural of potager is potagers.

Words near potager in the dictionary

  1. potable gold
  2. potableness
  3. potables
  4. potadromous
  5. potage
  6. potager
  7. potagerie
  8. potageries
  9. potagers
  10. potagery
  11. potages

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