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FOOD l
VOCABULARY FOOD l
Term | Definition |
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Chicken | A large bird that is often kept for its eggs or meat |
Hamburger | Finely chopped beef made into a flat round shape that is then fried, often served in a bread roll |
Chocolate | A hard brown sweet food made from cocoa beans, used in cooking to add flavour to cakes, etc. or eaten as a sweet/candy |
Noodles | A long thin strip of pasta, used especially in Chinese and Italian cooking |
Baguette | A loaf of white bread in the shape of a long thick stick that is crisp on the outside and soft inside |
Apple | A round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh |
Sandwich | Two slices of bread, often spread with butter, with a layer of meat, cheese, etc. between them a cheese sandwich |
Peas | A small round green seed, eaten as a vegetable. Several peas grow together inside a long thin pod on a climbing plant also called a pea. |
Mangoes | A tropical fruit with smooth yellow or red skin, soft orange flesh and a large seed inside |
Muffin | A type of round flat bread roll, usually toasted and eaten hot with butter |
Oranges | A round citrus fruit with thick reddish-yellow skin and a lot of sweet juice |
Candy | Sweet food made of sugar and/or chocolate, eaten between meals; a piece of this |
Ketchup | A thick cold sauce made from tomatoes, usually sold in bottles |
Shrimp | A small shellfish that can be eaten, like a prawn but smaller. Shrimps turn pink when cooked. |
Coconuts | The large nut of a tropical tree called a coconut palm. |
Bananas | A long curved fruit with a thick yellow skin and soft flesh, that grows on trees in hot countries |
Fish | A creature that lives in water, breathes through gills, and uses fins and a tail for swimming |
Pie | Fruit baked in a dish with pastry on the bottom, sides and top |
Wine | An alcoholic drink made from the juice of grapes that has been left to ferment. There are many different kinds of wine. |
Salt and pepper | Having two colours that are mixed together, especially a dark colour and a light one |
Eggs | A small oval object with a thin hard shell produced by a female bird and containing a young bird; a similar object |
Lamb | Meat from a young sheep |
Lettuce | A plant with large green leaves that are eaten raw, especially in salad. There are many types of lettuce. |
Broccoli | A vegetable with a thick green stem and several dark green or purple flower heads |
Lime | A small green fruit, like a lemon, with a lot of sour juice, used in cooking and in drinks; the juice of this fruit |
Milk | The white liquid produced by cows, goats and some other animals as food for their young and used as a drink by humans |
Peppers | A hollow fruit, usually red, green or yellow, eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked |
Pork | Meat from a pig that has not been cured (preserved using salt or smoke) |
Sushi | A Japanese dish of small cakes of cold cooked rice, flavoured with vinegar and served with raw fish, etc. on top |
Avocado | A tropical fruit with hard, dark green skin, soft, light green flesh and a large seed inside. |
Tomatoes | A soft fruit with a lot of juice and shiny red skin that is eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked |
Beef | Meat that comes from a cow |
Coffee | The roasted seeds (called coffee beans) of a tropical bush; a powder made from them |
Lobster | A sea creature with a hard shell, a long body divided into sections, eight legs and two large claws (curved and pointed arms for catching and holding things). |
Lemonade | A sweet fizzy drink ( with bubbles) with a lemon flavour |