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My mom has a rare talent for being able to open up the refrigerator, and with the peas, the leftover eggs, the cream, the spinach, the cheese, and a little rice, she can just whip up incredible risotto.
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Meaning of "spinach" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPINACH

From Old French espinache, from Old Spanish espinaca, from Arabic isfānākh, from Persian.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPINACH

spinach  [ˈspɪnɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPINACH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spinach is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPINACH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

spinach

Spinach

Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant, which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2–30 cm long and 1–15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small leaves higher on the flowering stem. The flowers are inconspicuous, yellow-green, 3–4 mm diameter, maturing into a small, hard, dry, lumpy fruit cluster 5–10 mm across containing several seeds. Common spinach, Spinacia oleracea, was long considered to be in the Chenopodiaceae family, but in 2003, the Chenopodiaceae family was combined with the Amaranthaceae family under the family name 'Amaranthaceae' in the order Caryophyllales. Within the Amaranthaceae family, Amaranthoideae and Chenopodioideae are now subfamilies, for the amaranths and the chenopods, respectively.

Definition of spinach in the English dictionary

The definition of spinach in the dictionary is a chenopodiaceous annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its dark green edible leaves. Other definition of spinach is the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPINACH


carnage
ˈkɑːnɪdʒ
coinage
ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ
concubinage
kɒnˈkjuːbɪnɪdʒ
cranage
ˈkreɪnɪdʒ
drainage
ˈdreɪnɪdʒ
grainage
ˈɡreɪnɪdʒ
Greenwich
ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ
innage
ˈɪnɪdʒ
libertinage
ˈlɪbətɪnɪdʒ
linage
ˈlaɪnɪdʒ
manage
ˈmænɪdʒ
orphanage
ˈɔːfənɪdʒ
patronage
ˈpætrənɪdʒ
recoinage
riːˈkɔɪnɪdʒ
signage
ˈsaɪnɪdʒ
thanage
ˈθeɪnɪdʒ
tonnage
ˈtʌnɪdʒ
underdrainage
ˈʌndəˌdreɪnɪdʒ
voisinage
ˈvɔɪsɪnɪdʒ
wainage
ˈweɪnɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPINACH

spin-drying
spin-off
spina
spina bifida
spinacene
spinaceous
spinach beet
spinachlike
spinachy
spinal
spinal anaesthesia
spinal canal
spinal column
spinal cord
spinal fluid
spinal meningitis
spinal tap
spinally
spinar
spinate

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPINACH

ach
approach
attach
bach
beach
cannach
coach
coronach
Cranach
each
Eisenach
nach
outreach
peach
perpetual spinach
reach
Sassenach
Tanach
teach
Usnach

Synonyms and antonyms of spinach in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spinach» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPINACH

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

Translator English - Chinese

菠菜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espinaca
570 millions of speakers

English

spinach
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पालक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سَبَانِخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шпинат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espinafre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épinard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bayam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spinat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ほうれん草
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시금치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bayem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cải bó xôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पालक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ıspanak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spinaci
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szpinak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шпинат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spanac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπανάκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spinasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spenat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spinat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spinach

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINACH»

The term «spinach» is very widely used and occupies the 16.442 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of spinach
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINACH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spinach» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spinach» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «SPINACH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spinach.
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George Ade
One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.
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Donna Air
Sunday night is curry night. I always order a spinach paneer and a chicken tikka. There's usually something good on TV like 'Mr Selfridge' or 'Downton Abbey,' so I'll watch them before I have to think about blowdrying my hair and all the other boring stuff us girls have to do!
3
Clarence Darrow
I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.
4
Cote de Pablo
My mom has a rare talent for being able to open up the refrigerator, and with the peas, the leftover eggs, the cream, the spinach, the cheese, and a little rice, she can just whip up incredible risotto.
5
Paul Keating
I used to say in the cabinet room, 'confidence is not like a can of Popeye spinach - you can't take the top off and swallow it down.' You know, confidence has to be earned.
6
Paul O'Grady
I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it.
7
David Perlmutter
Shoot for a total of no more than 80 grams of carbs in your daily diet. This means favoring vegetables that grow above ground like kale, broccoli, spinach, and cauliflower as opposed to those that store carbohydrate in the form of starch like potatoes and beets.
8
Troy Polamalu
I love to create this green juice shake made from kale, spinach, cucumber and wheatgrass. The nutrients in the juice help me recover after a tough workout. The Kale Banana Smoothie at LYFE Kitchen is very similar to my recipe and is fantastic.
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David Rakoff
I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.
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Dan Rather
Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPINACH»

Discover the use of spinach in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spinach and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spinach With Chocolate Sauce
Puck Rosen and his best friend Jackson are pressed into service when his parents open the Baby Bistro, a restaurant featuring gourmet food for toddlers and their parents, but when child star Sissie Rae Comstock is kidnapped while under his ...
Francess Lin Lantz, 1997
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Quick Children's Sermons 4: Did Samson Eat Spinach?
Kids love to ask big questions, like "What makes Jesus laugh?" and "Who made God?
Group Publishing, 2002
3
Spinach Days
603. Cross. River. Road. (for Judith) 1972: The Land — A Love Letter This hill and the old house on it are all we have. Two acres more or less — half crabby lawn, half field we mow but twice a year. Some trees we planted, most gifts of the land ...
Robert Phillips, 2000
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Ayurvedic Healing Cuisine
Spinach Astringent, Cooling, Increases Wind and Bile Spinach is good for everyone, except those suffering from colitis. Since it increases Wind (Vata), people of this constitution may eat cooked spinach prepared with garlic and fenugreek ...
Harish Johari, 2000
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Handbook of Plant Virus Diseases
Host Range and Symptoms Spinach is the only natural known host of SLtV and remains either symptomless or displays transient disease symptoms. SLtV has been transmitted experimentally into 24 dicot species with systemic infection, but  ...
Dragoljub D. Sutic, Richard E. Ford, Malisa T. Tosic, 1999
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Total Iron in Selected Genotypes of Spinach and Cowpeas and ...
Mineral content for spinach genotypes grown at University of Arkansas Vegetable Substation, Kibler, AR during Overwinter 2005-06 season. Table 9 continued. Table 10. Mineral content for spinach genotypes. Genotype Wintergreen AR 03-3  ...
Hallie Gale Dodson, 2008
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Vegetable Production
SPINACH Spinacia oleracea L. is a member of the Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot) family and is related to swiss chard, table beet, sugar beet, pigweed, and saltbush. The name Spinacia is derived from the Latin spina meaning "spiny fruit.
Ib Libner Nonnecke, 1989
8
Superfoods: For Babies and Children
C/3 • •••••••••••••a* • • Healthy eating: Stronger-tasting vegetables like spinach are good combined with potato. •••••••••••••••• Tiny pasta with Swiss cheese, spinach, and corn Spinach has quite a strong taste on its own but blends well with a ...
Annabel Karmel, 2009
9
High-Tech and Micropropagation V
1.1 Botany, Distribution, and Importance Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.; Fig. 1) is a hardy cool-season annual crop classified as a potherb vegetable. It produces a rosette of fleshy edible leaves during the vegetative stage of its life cycle.
Y.P.S. Bajaj, 1997
10
Spinach Production: Sample Costs and Profitability Analysis
Costs per acre to produce spinach,Ventura County, 1999 (labor rates: $10.00/hr for machine labor, $8.40/hr for non- machine labor; interest rate: 10.00%) Operation Operation time (hrs/ac) Labor cost Costs per acre ($) Fuel, lube, & repairs ...
Etaferahu Takele

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPINACH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spinach is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Healthy Plate: Recipe for spinach salad with roasted oranges …
Remember the warm spinach salad? That hot bacon dressing, crumbles of blue cheese, crunchy nuts and those canned orange slices, all mounded over a bed ... «Canada.com, Apr 15»
2
Eating spinach every day could make your brain 11 years younger
Those adults who ate leafy green vegetables such as spinach and kale once or twice a day experienced significantly less cognitive decline than those who did ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
3
Marco's Pizza celebrates National Spinach Day
People can bring a can of spinach to the restaurant in exchange for a free pizza. Those cans will be donated to the Food Bank of the Rockies and 120 other food ... «9NEWS.com, Mar 15»
4
Spinach, organic foods distributed in Michigan recalled over listeria …
LANSING, MI -- Various spinach products distributed in Michigan and nationally are being recalled amid listeria concerns, according to the U.S. Food and Drug ... «MLive.com, Mar 15»
5
Frozen spinach from Stanwood tied to listeria contamination
Frozen organic spinach sold in six Eastern states and said to have come from a Stanwood company has been recalled as possibly contaminated with listeria ... «The Seattle Times, Mar 15»
6
Severed rat's head found in bag of frozen spinach
Ms Powis bought the bag of spinach from her local Asda branch in High Wycombe and used it to prepare a meal for her 60-year-old mother on January 19. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
7
Gail Ciampa: Spinach contains an alphabet of vitamins
Spinach was one of my favorite foods growing up. I didn't care that was it full of vitamins A, B, C, E and K. That alphabet soup of vitamins means it helps keep the ... «Mail Tribune, Feb 15»
8
Spinach helps you lose weight by curbing cravings
Scientists at Lund University in Sweden discovered a spinach extract containing green leaf membranes called thylakoids boost weight loss by almost 43 per cent ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
9
Reasons Why You Should Eat Spinach: Thylakoids Make You Feel …
Spinach, a dark leafy green filled with protein, calcium, and vitamins, also contains components called thylakoids which help regulate your appetite. «Medical Daily, Mar 14»
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Taste Test: The Best And Worst Store-Bought Spinach Dips
It's tough to play favorites when one has a love this deep for dip, but we can say without hesitation that we'd happily live on spinach artichoke dip alone. While it's ... «Huffington Post, Jan 14»

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