Synonyms for turnip

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tur-nip

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɜr nɪp

Top 10 synonyms for turnip

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Définition of turnip

Origin : 1530s, turnepe, probably from turn (from its shape, as though turned on a lathe) + Middle English nepe "turnip," from Old English næp, from Latin napus "turnip." The modern form of the word emerged late 18c.

As in tuber : noun vegetable
As in clock : noun timekeeping device

Example sentences :

The meat is fried, with only the exception of when accompanied by "turnip greens."
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various

If you wish to have them very mild, put in a turnip with them at the first boiling.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

To express the cubic content of a turnip, you must be all round it at once.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

The only way to get all round a turnip at once is to eat the turnip.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

To call a man a turnip may be playful, but is seldom respectful.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Take away that turnip sallet—I cain't git nothin' like I want it.'
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

The Government tried to squeeze more out of the turnip than was in it.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

Turnip and rape require at least three pounds of seed to the acre.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

Cowper ran in and out among the plunder, like a pointer in a turnip field.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

I thanked him heartily, and we went on to the "Pig and Turnip."
Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane

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