leek
pronunciation
How to pronounce leek in British English:
UK [liːk]
How to pronounce leek in American English:
US [liːk]
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- Noun:
- plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
- related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
Word Origin
- leek (n.)
- culinary herb, Old English læc (Mercian), leac (West Saxon) "leek, onion, garlic," from Proto-Germanic *lauka- (cognates: Old Norse laukr "leek, garlic," Danish løg, Swedish lök "onion," Old Saxon lok "leek," Middle Dutch looc, Dutch look "leek, garlic," Old High German louh, German Lauch "leek"). No known cognates; Finnish laukka, Russian luk-, Old Church Slavonic luku are borrowed from Germanic.
Example
- 1. He intends to take another week off to train with a local leek farmer , yoshinori yamazaki , who is looking for someone to take over his farm .
- 2. Craving something simple , I ordered a leek and potato soup from room service , resigned to getting something whipped and creamy in a chic little puddle at the bottom of a large white plate .
- 3. Using the master recipe for leek and potato soup on page 37 , a cup or two of one or a combination of the following vegetables may be added as indicated .
- 4. My first repast consisted of fresh leek salad with lemon grass-infused crab and tom yam cherry chutney ; singapore-style dry chicken curry with sichuan vegetables and steamed rice ; and then lychee mousse on breton biscuit with raspberry coulis .
- 5. The celts used these bowls of unleavened bread to hold a variety of fillings , including as I discover when wood hands me a sample a tasty mixture of smoked fish , leek , hazelnuts and cream .