iceberg lettuce
A lettuce cultivar noted for its crunchinessA lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States.
» I'd like an iceberg lettuce wedge salad.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)A lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States.
Eisbergsalat
- lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head
Examples
5 sentencesI'd like an iceberg lettuce wedge salad.
Avoid iceberg lettuce, as it has been linked to cases of explosive diarrhea.
I don't like iceberg lettuce.
Protein-style means no bun. It's wrapped in iceberg lettuce.
"Tom chopped up the manuscript like it was iceberg lettuce." "Sounds brutal." "It was, but it was also necessary."
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Apparently originally a trade name.Apparently originally a trade name.
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Forms
plural: iceberg lettuces| Singular | iceberg lettuce |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head:crisphead lettuceiceberg
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.