Vegemite

[vej-uh-mahyt]

Trademark.

1. an Australian vegetable extract used as a flavoring or spread.

Vegemite

/ ˈvɛdʒɪˌmaɪt /

noun

1. a vegetable extract used as a spread, flavouring, etc

2. informal,  (not capital) a child, esp one who is well-behaved

3. informal,  a person who is in good humour

Example Sentences

As Ms Teni offloads one arachnid that was delivered to her in a Vegemite jar, she stresses her team isn't telling Australians to go looking for the spiders and "throw themselves into danger".

From BBC

The Times went inside the world’s only Vegemite factory to celebrate the national yeast extract spread’s centennial.

From New York Times

Every vessel of Vegemite, the spread beloved in Australia and not so much outside it, has for the past 80 years begun its journey here.

From New York Times

Glinting glass jars, each filled with a swirl of semi-molten Vegemite, quiver as they clink along metal rollers on the assembly line before being bunched into squadrons of 12 and sent out into the world.

From New York Times

Natasha Frost ate Vegemite in nearly a dozen different ways — including in ice cream — in Melbourne, Australia.

From New York Times