Definition

1. Noun:
   • A vegetable; a plant or part of a plant used as food: "veg" is an informal, chiefly British abbreviation for "vegetable" or "vegetables," referring to edible plant parts such as seeds, roots, stems, leaves, bulbs, tubers, or nonsweet fruits.

Usage

• The word "veg" is an informal, clipped form. It is most commonly used in casual speech and writing, particularly in British English. It is typically used in the plural form "veg" to refer to vegetables collectively.
• It can also be used attributively (like an adjective) before another noun.

Examples

• Noun:
  • We need to buy some fresh veg for the soup.
  • My dinner plate is half full of veg.
  • He doesn't eat enough fruit and veg.

Advanced Usage

• "the veg": Used to refer to the vegetable dish or the vegetable component of a meal.
  • Could you pass the veg, please?
• Used in compound nouns to describe specific types or preparations.
  • root veg (root vegetables)
  • steamed veg

Variants and Related Words

• Vegetable (n): The full, standard form of the word.
• Veggie (n, adj): Another common informal term for "vegetable"; also used to mean "vegetarian."
• Veg out (phrasal verb): A completely different, informal idiom meaning to relax and do very little, often in front of the television. (e.g., )

Synonyms

• Greens: Often refers specifically to leafy green vegetables.
• Produce: A broader term for farm-produced, fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Legumes: A specific category including beans, peas, and lentils.

Phrasal Verbs

• Veg out: (Slang) To spend time relaxing in a mindless, inactive way.
  • After work, I just want to veg out and watch TV.

Related Idioms

• Meat and two veg: A traditional British expression for a standard meal consisting of a piece of meat and two types of vegetables.
  • He likes a simple dinner of meat and two veg.

Noun

1. edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant