celery
- noun
- B1
- Top 10000
A vegetable with long pale green stems that grow together in a bunch, eaten raw or cooked.
She chopped some celery and carrots for the soup.
I always eat celery with peanut butter as a snack.
Could you buy a bunch of celery at the market?
The salad had thin slices of celery and green apple.
Common collocations: a stick of celery · a stalk of celery · chopped celery · celery soup · celery and carrots
Part of: Vegetables, Cooking
Forms
- plural
- celeries (rare)