Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.

    Gartensalat, Salat, Lattich

    сала́т-лату́кsalát-latúk, сала́тsalát, лату́кlatúk

    сала́тsalát, сала́т-лату́кsalát-latúk

    leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa

  2. (uncountable)The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.

    I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.

    Salat

    сала́тsalát

  3. (US, slang, uncountable)United States paper currency; dollars.

    Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!

    капу́стаkapústa

  4. (countable, uncountable)A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).

  5. (slang, uncountable)Marijuana.

  6. (slang, uncountable)Long, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.

Examples

97 sentences
  1. Tom is the one who grew this lettuce.

    Це Том виростив цей салат. — deniko

  2. Tom grows tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce.

    ruТом выращивает помидоры, огурцы и салат. — odexed

  3. I still haven't planted any lettuce.

    ruЯ до сих пор не посадил салат. — Balamax

  4. Tom forgot to wash the lettuce.

  5. I'm the one who grew this lettuce.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an edible plant, Lactuca:
Русский
By meaning 2
an edible plant, Lactuca:
US paper currency:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an edible plant, Lactuca:

Origin

From Middle English letuse, of uncertain precise origin, probably from the plural form Old

From Middle English letuse, of uncertain precise origin, probably from the plural form Old French laitues, derived from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”), from lac (“milk”), because of the milky fluid in its stalks. Replaced Old English lēahtric.

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