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Word List: Main meal - list 2
- mashed potatoes
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- potatoes that have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency
- Example:
- The kids like their mashed potatoes really creamy.
- fish finger, fish fingers
(noun) - Definition:
- a rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling
- Example:
- Would you like fish fingers with your mashed potatoes?
- Synonym(s):fish stick (AE)
- sauce, sauces [sɔːs]
(noun) - Definition:
- a liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food
- Example:
- The Italian restaurant down the road makes the best tomato sauce.
- dressing, dressings [ˈdɹɛsɪŋ]
(noun) - Definition:
- cold sauce for salads
- Example:
- Would you like French or Italian dressing on your salad, Madam?
- sauerkraut ['sou(ə)r,krout]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
- Example:
- Have you ever had sauerkraut?
- chop, chops [ʧɒp]
(noun) - Definition:
- a cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib
- Example:
- I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
- barbecue, barbecues ['barbikjuː]
(noun) - Definition:
- a meal or event outdoors highlighted by food cooked on a barbecue employing hot charcoal as the heating medium
- Example:
- We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.
- baked beans
(noun plural form) - Definition:
- a food consisting of beans baked or stewed in a usually tomato-based sauce
- Example:
- Mum, can we have baked beans for dinner?
- oil [ɔɪl]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- liquid fat
- Example:
- For my famous dressing I use olive oil.
- vinegar [ˈvinəgər]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid
- Example:
- Some people like oil and vinegar on their salad.
- mince [mɪns]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- finely chopped meat
- Example:
- Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.
- spice, spices [spaɪs]
(noun) - Definition:
- a plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food
- Example:
- The chef uses many different kinds of spice for his dishes.
- spicy ['spaɪsi]
(adjective) - Definition:
- of, pertaining to, or containing spices like salt and pepper
- Example:
- He prepared a spicy curry.
- salt [sɒlt]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a common white substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), also used to flavour food
- Example:
- Can you please hand me the salt and pepper?
- pepper [ˈpɛpə]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a black or white spice used for seasoning food, prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe red berries of a plant of the family Piperaceae
- Example:
- Black pepper is native to South India.
- garlic [ˈgɑːlɪk]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a plant of the genus Allium (related to the onion), having a pungent bulbous white root often used in cooking
- Example:
- It is said that vampires don't like garlic.
- ketchup [ˈkɛtʃ.ʌp]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a tomato-vinegar based sauce
- Example:
- Sausages taste best with lots of ketchup.
- mustard [ˈmʌstərd]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a yellow, often spicy powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice
- Example:
- When the waitress brought the food I asked her if she had any Dijon mustard.
- rice [ɹaɪs]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a grass whose seeds are used as food, cultivated especially in Asia
- Example:
- Today we have salmon with rice on the side.
- bone, bones [boʊn]
(noun) - Definition:
- a composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates
- Example:
- Do you have an extra plate to put the left over bones on?
- herb, herbs [hɜː(ɹ)b]
(noun) - Definition:
- any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food
- a plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc are used in medicine
- Example:
- I prefer to use fresh herbs for seasoning my dishes.
- sour ['saʊər]
(adjective) - Definition:
- having an acid, sharp or tangy taste
- Example:
- The lemon tastes very sour.
- curry [ˈkʌri]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a sauce or relish whose principal flavouring is curry powder
- Example:
- Do you like chicken curry?
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/private-life/food/meals/main-meal/list-2/
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