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Meaning of "rhubarby" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RHUBARBY

rhubarby  [ˈruːbɑːbɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RHUBARBY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rhubarby is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RHUBARBY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rhubarby in the English dictionary

The definition of rhubarby in the dictionary is similar to or tasting like rhubarb.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RHUBARBY


al-Farabi
ˈælfəˈrɑːbɪ
Babi
ˈbɑːbɪ
barbie
ˈbɑːbɪ
barby
ˈbɑːbɪ
carby
ˈkɑːbɪ
Darby
ˈdɑːbɪ
Hammurabi
ˌhæmʊˈrɑːbɪ
ibn-al-Arabi
ˌɪbənælɑːˈrɑːbɪ
kohlrabi
kəʊlˈrɑːbɪ
marabi
ˌmaˈrɑːbɪ
mauby
ˈmɑːbɪ
Mugabe
mʊˈɡɑːbɪ
Panjabi
pʌnˈdʒɑːbɪ
Punjabi
pʌnˈdʒɑːbɪ
Wahabi
wəˈhɑːbɪ
Wahhabi
wəˈhɑːbɪ
wasabi
wəˈsɑːbɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RHUBARBY

rhopaloceral
rhopalocerous
rhotacism
rhotacist
rhotacistic
rhotacize
rhotic
rhoticity
RHS
rhubarb
rhumb
rhumb line
rhumba
rhumbatron
rhus
rhyme
rhyme or reason
rhyme royal
rhyme scheme
rhymed

WORDS THAT END LIKE RHUBARBY

Corby
Crown Derby
demolition derby
derby
donkey derby
forby
herby
Kentucky Derby
local Derby
nearby
orby
overby
owerby
roller derby
sage Derby
soapbox derby
the Derby
warby

Synonyms and antonyms of rhubarby in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rhubarby» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RHUBARBY

Find out the translation of rhubarby to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rhubarby from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rhubarby» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

rhubarby
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rhubarby
570 millions of speakers

English

rhubarby
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rhubarby
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

rhubarby
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

rhubarby
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rhubarby
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rhubarby
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rhubarby
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rhubarby
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rhubarby
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

rhubarby
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rhubarby
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rhubarby
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rhubarby
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rhubarby
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वायफळ बडबड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rhubarby
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rhubarby
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rhubarby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

rhubarby
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rhubarby
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

rhubarby
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rhubarby
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rhubarby
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rhubarby
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rhubarby

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RHUBARBY»

The term «rhubarby» is normally little used and occupies the 143.032 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RHUBARBY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rhubarby

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RHUBARBY»

Discover the use of rhubarby in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rhubarby and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Sweet Girl
This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Annabel Lyon, 2013
2
Posthumous Papers Bequeathed to the Honorable the East India ...
A Crucifera, a rhubarby sorrel, a Goodyera, and one or two grasses. were the only additional novelties met with. l2th.——Marched on eight miles, after five of which we turned to the right, and the pass became and continued narrow, until we ...
William Griffith, John McClelland, 1847
3
The Westminster Review
The same on a dull grey day :— ' How melancholy it all looked : the turbid rhubarby water, the skeleton woods, the grey sky, and the far winding away of the dark rocky shores; yet it was fine even in this gloom, and wonderfully still. The clouds ...
‎1836
4
The Works of John Ruskin
... not amounting to dislike — but, on the contrary, affectionate, (for me) — made the Doctor's presence somewhat solemnizing to me ; the rather as he never jested, and had a brownish, partly austere, and sere, wrinkled, and — rhubarby, in fact ...
John Ruskin, Sir Edward Tyas Cook, Alexander Dundas Oligvy Wedderburn, 1908
5
The complete works of John Ruskin
... not amounting to dislike — but, on the contrary, affectionate, (for me) — made the Doctor's presence somewhat solemnizing to me ; the rather as he never jested, and had a brownish, partly austere, and sere, wrinkled, and — rhubarby, in fact ...
John Ruskin, 1891
6
Lays of the Belvoir hunt [by J.E. Welby].
... n'er painted ; Such marvellous breeches, expressly from Town ; But ah 1 it is said that Frank Sutton had fainted, When he saw the boot tops were a Rhubarby Brown.5 Thus day after day 'mongst Meltonians he shone ; At 4.2 HOSE GRANOE; ...
Welby John Earle, 1866
7
A Handbook to the Gallery of British Paintings in the Art ...
It is slightly " rhubarby ' ' in tone— all the better, perhaps, for the medicinal nature of the subject. "Burchell and Sophia" (362), and "The Bathers" (357), are in his later and more pearly key of colour. Note in the former the sweetness of the ...
‎1857
8
Notes and Queries
In a copy of Craig's 'Universal Dictionary' which lies before me I find the word rhubarby is given as “like rhubarb "; but I look in vain for the _word rhubarb itself ! Substance is often sacrificed by an overreach at the redundant. Ronsn'r Lou'rnn ...
‎1893
9
Coyote and Raven Go Canoeing: Coming Home to the Village
the black swans showed off their children making rhubarby sounds with the mallards in chorus sustenato non obligato a beautiful time to be in aotearoa a guest in your home we canoe making people know our relations the tree nations we ...
Peter Cole, 2006
10
Journals of travels in Assam, Burma, Bodan, Affghanistan and ...
A Crucifera, a rhubarby sorrel, a Goodyera, and one or two grasses, were the only additional novelties met with. 12th. — Marched on eight miles, after five of which we turned to the right, and the pass became and continued narrow, until we ...
William Griffith, 1847

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RHUBARBY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rhubarby is used in the context of the following news items.
1
James Kochalka Talks Pie, Comics, Glorkian Warrior, And Pie In …
... is probably rhubarb pie, but most people try to tame the rhubarb flavor by adding strawberry. In my opinion strawberry kinda ruins it by making it less rhubarby. «Bleeding Cool News, Mar 15»
2
Open season for new restaurants
Rhubarby and gingery things,” says Murphy. Murphy and Montague don't intend to stop there. Later in the summer they'll open The Legal Eagle pub beside the ... «Irish Times, May 14»
3
Restaurant review: Get down with cool and the gang
What arrived was a slab of something dense and chocolatey, topped with something rhubarby. I didn't get the smoke in the smoked beetroot, but the Barbie pink ... «Yorkshire Post, Mar 14»
4
The French, Manchester, restaurant review
Thirdly, as a stick of simple poached rhubarb, which was smashingly rhubarby. The camomile ice cream was a bit insipid. However, the next pudding was ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 13»
5
A simple, sweet Swedish smulpaj to savor
This was just what I needed: A fast, easy and rhubarby dessert that also was good, what little that was left, for breakfast the next morning. -- Bob Batz Jr. For filling. «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Apr 13»
6
The Sweet Girl: Aristotle's other, forgotten child
She joins a free-love commune and watches “the rhubarby business” as her new friends practise “the lioness on a cheese-grater” and “visiting the ... «Globe and Mail, Sep 12»
7
The Rhubarb Face, and how to get it
And what you end up with is so sweet, so cloyingly rhubarby, it is undrinkable. Did people like drinks this sweet in the 1920s? Is our sugar more sugary? Was it ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 12»
8
The taste test: Strawberry and banana smoothies
Sundance Strawberry and Banana Pure Fruit Smoothie did not seem to have much depth of flavour – it also had an unusual nose: “rhubarby!” (GP). Most of the ... «Financial Times, Nov 11»
9
Take a risk and plant something outrageous
For a hot spot, Crambe cordifolia throws up bottle-green, rhubarby leaves with a vast explosion of tiny white flowers in early summer. The time to acquire such ... «Daily Mail, Nov 09»

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