lentil
pronunciation
How to pronounce lentil in British English:
UK [ˈlentl]
How to pronounce lentil in American English:
US [ˈlɛntəl]
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- Noun:
- round flat seed of the lentil plant
- the fruit or seed of a lentil plant
- widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
Word Origin
- lentil
- lentil: see lens
- lentil (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old French lentille "lentil," also "freckle," from Latin lenticula, diminutive of Latin lens (genitive lentis) "lentil," cognate with Greek lathyros, German linse, Old Church Slavonic lęšta.
Example
- 1. She was in hospital , being force-fed lentil soup through a tube inserted into her nose .
- 2. Have you ever tasted a juicy lentil mushroom burger , or a savory bowl of veggie chili ?
- 3. At sinatra , try the black lentil salad , couscous with poached veggies , pineapple carpaccio with pistachios and coconut ice cream .
- 4. This is important information for people working to improve the nutritional status of a rural community where meat is a rare luxury ; but not so much for the manhattan ad executive who decides to have the lentil salad for lunch instead of the salmon .
- 5. Though they often look like flying saucers , their name comes the latin word for lentil , possibly because whoever named them " could not think of the latin word for ' shaped like a ufo . ' "