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SPIN-ij/ˈspɪnɪdʒ/

Spinach is a dark green leafy vegetable, eaten cooked or in salad. Usually uncountable: some spinach, a bag of spinach, a handful of spinach. Lettuce is also leafy but paler and usually raw; cabbage is a round head of thicker leaves. Mix-up: spinach vs Spanish (from Spain) — extra h vs sh, different meaning.

Meaning

A dark green leafy vegetable, eaten cooked or in salad.

Examples

• “There is spinach in the omelette.”
• “Wash the spinach — there is sand on it.”
• “She does not like spinach in her pasta.”

Good to know

uncountable: spinach / some spinach. Contrast: lettuce (paler, raw), cabbage (round head). Mix-up: Spanish.

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