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potagers

potagers is the plural of potager.

Meaning of potager

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

Questions about potagers

What is potagers the plural of?
Potagers is the plural of potager.

Words near potagers in the dictionary

  1. potadromous
  2. potage
  3. potager
  4. potagerie
  5. potageries
  6. potagers
  7. potagery
  8. potages
  9. potaholic
  10. potaholics
  11. potail

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