lettuce
[noun]
Synonyms: money, dough, filthy lucre, gelt, greenbacks, jack, kale, long green, loot, lucre

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

let‧tuce /ˈletəs, ˈletɪs/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac 'milk'; because of its milky juice]
a round vegetable with thin green leaves eaten raw in salads

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

lettuce
noun
ADJ. crisp, crunchy | limp | chopped, shredded | cos, Iceberg, etc.
QUANT. head You need one whole head of lettuce for this salad.
VERB + LETTUCE eat, have All she had was a tomato and some lettuce.
wash
LETTUCE + NOUN leaf
PHRASES on a bed of lettuce
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[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

lettuce

crisp/crunchy
a salad made with crisp lettuce
limp/wilted (=lettuce that is not fresh and crisp)
The lettuce was all wilted.
There was nothing in the fridge except a rather limp lettuce.
shredded lettuce (=torn or cut into small pieces)
Serve the trout on a bed of shredded lettuce.
a lettuce leaf
Tear the lettuce leaves into small pieces.
a head of lettuce (=a complete lettuce)
You'll need a head of lettuce for this salad recipe.

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