leek

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noun

a plant, Allium ampeloprasum, of the amaryllis family, allied to the onion, having a cylindrical bulb and leaves used in cookery.

any of various allied species.

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Origin of leek

before 1000; Middle English; Old English lēac; cognate with German Lauch,Old Norse laukr

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH leek

leak, leek

Words nearby leek

leech line, leech rope, Leeds, Leeds Castle, lee gauge, leek, leek-green, leer, Lee, Robert E., leery, lees

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Example sentences from the Web for leek

Bok choy can be washed whole, but depending on the preparation, napa cabbage leaves should be separated and rinsed if meant to be kept whole, or split the head in half and run it under the faucet as you would a leek to clean.
Cabbage is always there for you. Here’s how to give it the respect it deserves.|Aaron Hutcherson|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
The end result was a sheet of bronzed chicken with a heap of soft-but-not-mushy peas and leeks infused with the rendered chicken fat.
The Best Recipes to Cook This Week, According to Eater Staffers Who Actually Cooked Them|Eater Staff|January 29, 2021|Eater
Silky, creamy leek and potato soup is so classic and comforting.
6 seasonal soups to begin — or become — your Thanksgiving meal|Kari Sonde|November 23, 2020|Washington Post
That will require a different number of, say, shallots or leeks for the same volume.
Onions, shallots, scallions and leeks are mostly interchangeable in recipes. Here’s how to use what you have.|Becky Krystal|November 23, 2020|Washington Post

Lon did so with a proper pantomime of indifference, but it was a leek to eat, and there was no denying it.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Ees eet dat de amiable Mrs. Croydon she do have a deeferent husband leek a sailor mans een all de harbors?
Love in a Cloud|Arlo Bates
We got out to the road about dark, and reached Leek, Springs where we found some grass, and camped.
Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51|E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls
Though my head be like a leek, white, may not my heart be like the blade, green?
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker
It is said that Mr. Wardle, of Leek, is now seeking for dyes of pure unadulterated colours, and mordants to fix them.
Needlework As Art|Marian Alford

British Dictionary definitions for leek

leek

/ (liːk) /

noun

Also called: scallion an alliaceous plant, Allium porrum, with a slender white bulb, cylindrical stem, and broad flat overlapping leaves: used in cooking

any of several related species, such as A. ampeloprasum (wild leek)

a leek, or a representation of one, as a national emblem of Wales

Word Origin for leek

Old English lēac; related to Old Norse laukr, Old High German louh

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