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How to use celery in a sentence

27 example sentences · noun

Celery means a European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family. Example: “Now add the diced ham to the mixture, then stir in the chopped celery.”

Examples of celery by meaning

nounThe stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.

  • In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 58

More sentences with celery

  • Now add the diced ham to the mixture, then stir in the chopped celery.From the entry diced
  • I made a creamy vegetable soup with carrots, celery, tomatoes, and potatoes.From the entry vegetable soup
  • I served as an extra pair of hands, occasionally peeling potatoes or destringing celery.From the entry destring
  • Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.From the entry dice
  • When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery.From the entry crunch
  • The company's line of condensed soups offers various cream soups, including cream of celery, cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, and others.From the entry cream soup
  • If you’re feeling omelet-y, mix chopped celery leaves into whatever cheese you want in your omelet.2023, Tamar Adler, The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry omelet-y
  • Her favourite combinations involve pine, boletus mushroom and sake, or celery, tonka and amber ale.2021, Agence France-Presse, Michelin awards star to vegan restaurant for the first time in France, The Guardian. From the entry tonka
  • Pour in the stock and add the carrots, peas, celery, tomatoes, thyme, and rosemary.2012, Ron Silver, Jen Bervin, Bubby's Homemade Pies. From the entry blurpy
  • Like the lobsterless lobster salad before it, “zabster zalad” also contains mayonnaise, celery, salt and sugar.2011 August 30, James Barron, “Zabar’s New Non-Lobster Z-Food”, in The New York Times. From the entry lobsterless
  • It has carrot, celery, and onion powder; salt, pepper, and MSG.2004 June 3, Ari LaVaux, “Married to the Hmong”, in Eugene Weekly, Eugene, Ore.: What’s Happening Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 3. From the entry Bosnia-Herzegovinan
  • Brown meat with chopped onions, chopped or ground garlic, chopped celery, and chopped bell pepper.2003, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Sasquatch Books., →ISBN, page 288. From the entry chopped
  • It includes the Cajun-Creole holy trinity— onions, celery, and bell peppers.1995, National Geographic Traveler. From the entry holy trinity
  • If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water.1971, Homemaking Handbook: For Village Workers in Many Countries, page 101. From the entry wash
  • They consume table scraps, coffee grounds, chicken mash, cottonseed meal, cornmeal, lettuce, celery, cabbage, and kitchen fat.1971 December 1, “How It's Done: Build An Earthworm Bed. Reprinted from Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine”, in Field and Stream, volume…. From the entry red wiggler
  • No celery with the appetizer array, finochia instead, the Greeks favor its flavor — definitely anise.1950, Athene: The American Magazine of Hellenic Thought (Athene Enterprises, Inc.), volumes 11–12, page 36. From the entry finochia
  • Examples of leafy vegetables are broccoli, spinach, celery, and chicory.2013, Anselm Anyoha, MD, How Broccoli-Head Lost Thirty Pounds: A Handbook for Healthy Living, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry broccoli
  • Sweat the carrots, onion, celery, leeks, and cabbage in the butter until translucent not allowing them to color in any way.2007, Patty Elsberry, Matt Bolus, Simply Vanilla: Recipes for Everyday Use, page 93. From the entry sweat
  • His doodle hung as limp as last month's celery.1993, Patti Walkuski, No Bed of Roses: Memoirs of a Madam, Wakefield Press, published 1993, →ISBN, page 189. From the entry doodle
  • The fennel variety finocchia grows like a stalk of celery and can be eaten raw or as a boiled vegetable.1986, Monica Moran Brandies, Sprouts and Saplings: Gardening with a Difference, Strawberry Hill Press, →ISBN, page 65, →ISBN. From the entry finocchia
  • The bulblike enlargement at the top of the stem is eaten raw, like celery, or used for flavoring.1960, California Agricultural Experiment Station, Essentials of the Irrigation and Cultivation of Orchards, circular 486, page 24, §…. From the entry finocchia
  • Carrots and celery do not a crudité make; let your senses determine what vegetables and fruits should appear on your crudité tray.2009 09, Chef Michel Stroot, The Golden Door Cooks Light and Easy, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry crudité
  • One specialty you might like to try, especially if you're vegetarian, is a pastry filled with celery and cheese with a quichelike consistency.2007, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Frommer's Seville, Granada and the Best of Andalusia. From the entry quichelike
  • In its raw form, fennel might be eaten as a crudité along with a host of other local vegetables—radishes, sweet red onions, cucumber, artichoke, celery and tomatoes.2015, Mina Holland, The World on a Plate: 40 Cuisines, 100 Recipes, and the Stories Behind Them, Penguin, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry crudité
  • My favorite was the Japanese Summer Noodles, a sproutless steaming bowl of thin whole wheat noodles in a tamari soy sauce broth with mushrooms, zucchini, celery.1987, Cincinnati Magazine, page 145. From the entry sproutless
  • It is pleasing to note an increased interest in Finnocchio or Florence Fennel excellent as a salad and very good cooked or served naturally like celery.1923, Gardeners’ Chronicle of America, volume 27, page 4. From the entry finnocchio

Meaning of celery

  1. noun A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
  2. noun The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
  3. noun A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

Full definition of celery

Questions about celery in a sentence

How do you use celery in a sentence?
Celery is used as a noun. For example: “Now add the diced ham to the mixture, then stir in the chopped celery.”
What is a short sentence with celery?
“Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.”
What does celery mean?
Celery means a European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

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