Synonyms for spinach
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : spin-ich |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɪn ɪtʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for spinach Other synonyms for the word spinach
- bice
- fabrication
- fairy tale
- falsehood
- falsity
- fiction
- fir
- forest
- grass
- greenish-blue
- invention
- jade
- jazz
- kelly
- lime
- line
- malachite
- mendacity
- misrepresentation
- moss
- pea
- peacock
- pine
- prevarication
- sage
- sap
- sea
- spinach
- story
- tale
- untruth
- untruthfulness
- verdigris
- vert
- viridian
- white lie
- whopper
- willow
- yarn
Définition of spinach
Origin :- c.1400, from Anglo-French spinache, Old French espinache (Modern French épinard), from Old Provençal espinarc, which perhaps is via Catalan espinac, from Andalusian Arabic isbinakh, from Arabic isbanakh, from Persian aspanakh "spinach." But OED is not convinced the Middle Eastern words are native, and based on the plethora of Romanic forms pronounces the origin "doubtful." Old folk etymology connected the word with Latin spina (see spine) or with Medieval Latin Hispanicum olus. For pronunciation, see cabbage. In 1930s colloquial American English, it had a sense of "nonsense, rubbish," based on a famous "New Yorker" cartoon of Dec. 8, 1928.
- As in green : adj emerald in color
- As in fib : noun undetailed lie
- Boiled and seasoned as spinach it makes equally good greens.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Boil the spinach as above, and drain and press it, but do not chop it.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Boil some carrots, cauliflower, spinach, and celery (all cut up) in water.
- Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters
- Observe that if you leave water in it, the spinach cannot ever be good.
- Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury
- The young tops when cooked are hard to distinguish from spinach.
- Extract from : « The Hawaiian Islands » by The Department of Foreign Affairs
- Lake tried the edible herbs and found them to be something like spinach in taste.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- He had always thought of spinach as spinach, chops as chops.
- Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
- Spinach is a valuable food, not to be classed merely as a relish.
- Extract from : « Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value » by Harry Snyder
- With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach;Heigho, says Anthony Rowley.
- Extract from : « Aunt Kitty's Stories » by Various
- The leaves, when young, can be used as spinach, but the seeds are the most sought after for food.
- Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
Antonyms for spinach
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