different between warren vs vegetable

English

Etymology

From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”), probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjan? (“ward off, defend against”); compare also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root). Alternatively from Gaulish *warrenn? (“enclosed area”), from *warros (“stick, post”), Proto-Celtic *warr? (“post, prop”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

warren (plural warrens)

1. The system of burrows where rabbits live.
2. (figuratively) A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
3. (archaic) The class of small game such as hare, pheasants, stoats, etc., as opposed to beasts of chase such as deer, bear, and foxes.
4. A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
5. (historical) The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.

Derived terms

• Dawlish Warren
• free warren
• rabbit warren
• warrener

Translations

References

• warren at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Warner, warner

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?r?n

Noun

warren

1. Plural form of war

Middle English

Verb

warren

1. Alternative form of werren

English

Etymology

From Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin veget?bilis (“able to live and grow”), derived from veget?re (“to enliven”). Displaced Old English wyrt (“herb, vegetable, plant, crop, root”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?d??t?b?l/, /?v?d???t?b?l/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?v?d???t?b?l/, /?v?d??t?b?l/, /?v?t??t?b?l/

Noun

vegetable (plural vegetables)

1. Any plant.
   • 1837, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (volume 23, page 222)

     That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.

2. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.

   Synonyms: veg, veggie

3. The edible part of such a plant.

   Synonyms: veg, veggie

4. (figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state.

   Synonym: cabbage

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Adjective

vegetable (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to plants.
2. Of or relating to vegetables.

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Further reading

• vegetable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• vegetable (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia