Lettuce
noun
A type of green plant that is often used in salads.
She added some lettuce to her sandwich to make it more refreshing.
Often appears as...
- lettuce salad
- lettuce leaf
noun
Paper money, cash.
He paid for the meal in lettuce.
Often appears as...
- hand over the lettuce
- pay in lettuce
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A type of green plant that is often used in salads.
She added some lettuce to her sandwich to make it more refreshing.
Often appears as...
- lettuce salad
- lettuce leaf
noun
Paper money, cash.
He paid for the meal in lettuce.
Often appears as...
- hand over the lettuce
- pay in lettuce
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Salad Base
Lettuce is often a base for salads, not the topping.
She prepared a bowl of lettuce to start her salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Freshness Cue
Lettuce in food adds a crisp, fresh taste, which can be a refreshing element.
Fresh lettuce makes this wrap taste even better.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Green
Lettuce comes in varieties like iceberg and romaine, with differences in texture and taste.
Romaine lettuce is crunchier than iceberg lettuce.
Pro Tip 1/3Salad Base
Lettuce is often a base for salads, not the topping.
She prepared a bowl of lettuce to start her salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Freshness Cue
Lettuce in food adds a crisp, fresh taste, which can be a refreshing element.
Fresh lettuce makes this wrap taste even better.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Green
Lettuce comes in varieties like iceberg and romaine, with differences in texture and taste.
Romaine lettuce is crunchier than iceberg lettuce.
Pro Tip 1/3Salad Base
Lettuce is often a base for salads, not the topping.
She prepared a bowl of lettuce to start her salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Freshness Cue
Lettuce in food adds a crisp, fresh taste, which can be a refreshing element.
Fresh lettuce makes this wrap taste even better.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Green
Lettuce comes in varieties like iceberg and romaine, with differences in texture and taste.
Romaine lettuce is crunchier than iceberg lettuce.
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Richard Weller: Could...
We think it's very important. We think it probably accounts for a lot of the north-south health divide within Britain, It's of relevance to us. We think that the skin -- well, we know that the skin has got very large stores of nitric oxide as these various other forms. We suspect a lot of these come from diet, green leafy vegetables, beetroot, lettuce
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Revolutionizing the Way...
Is this just a pick your own lettuce patch for dorks? This was the first time that many people in the Media Lab had ever ripped the roots off of anything. You know, it's just a reality. We get our salad in bags, and that's there's nothing wrong with that, we live in the city but you know, this created a spark of inspiration that said
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
You all got crisper drawers? The drawer that you put your lettuces in? Lettuces have a habit of going soggy in the crisper drawers, don't they? Yeah? Soggy lettuces? In the U.K., this is such a problem that there was a government report a few years ago that actually said the second biggest offender
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Rob Hopkins: Transition...
And I think it's a more useful concept than sustainability, as I said. When our supermarkets have only two or three days' worth of food in them at any one time, often sustainability tends to focus on the energy efficiency of the freezers and on the packaging that the lettuces are wrapped up in.
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
and I would staple them together, and I would fill those blank pages with words and pictures just because I loved using my imagination. And so these characters would become my friends. There was an egg, a tomato, a head of lettuce and a pumpkin, and they all lived in this refrigerator city,
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Margaret Wertheim: The...
they had such a symbolic view of mathematics, they couldn't actually see what was going on on the lettuce in front of them. It turns out that the natural world is full of hyperbolic wonders. And so, too, we've discovered that there is an infinite taxonomy of crochet hyperbolic creatures.
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The unexpected benefit...
and also a few of the gems that at least so far, have not only survived that process, but have been accelerated by it. Last year we killed a project in automated vertical farming. This is some of the lettuce that we grew. One in nine people in the world suffers from undernourishment.
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
to find out how much longer this river can sustain us every time i come to hoover dam i'm struck by how important this place is in the growth of the western united states it's the water supply for 40 million people 5 million acres of farmland the lettuce you eat all winter the
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An ode to the millennial...
I said the world is no longer yours we became the Generation Y before you could arks it so now it's ours so whether it's cupcake machines kennel computers or driverless cars we don't believe in war or lettuce on World of Warcraft we don't have time to care about your race or
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The simple story of...
That little glucose molecule then helps to build bigger and better carbohydrates like cellulose. Cellulose is a type of carbohydrate found in plants that our body cannot break down. We call it fiber and we eat it in vegetables like lettuce, broccoli, and celery.
Video examples
Richard Weller: Could...
We think it's very important. We think it probably accounts for a lot of the north-south health divide within Britain, It's of relevance to us. We think that the skin -- well, we know that the skin has got very large stores of nitric oxide as these various other forms. We suspect a lot of these come from diet, green leafy vegetables, beetroot, lettuce
Video examples
Revolutionizing the Way...
Is this just a pick your own lettuce patch for dorks? This was the first time that many people in the Media Lab had ever ripped the roots off of anything. You know, it's just a reality. We get our salad in bags, and that's there's nothing wrong with that, we live in the city but you know, this created a spark of inspiration that said
Video examples
Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
You all got crisper drawers? The drawer that you put your lettuces in? Lettuces have a habit of going soggy in the crisper drawers, don't they? Yeah? Soggy lettuces? In the U.K., this is such a problem that there was a government report a few years ago that actually said the second biggest offender
Video examples
Rob Hopkins: Transition...
And I think it's a more useful concept than sustainability, as I said. When our supermarkets have only two or three days' worth of food in them at any one time, often sustainability tends to focus on the energy efficiency of the freezers and on the packaging that the lettuces are wrapped up in.
Video examples
Jarrett J. Krosoczka:...
and I would staple them together, and I would fill those blank pages with words and pictures just because I loved using my imagination. And so these characters would become my friends. There was an egg, a tomato, a head of lettuce and a pumpkin, and they all lived in this refrigerator city,
Video examples
Margaret Wertheim: The...
they had such a symbolic view of mathematics, they couldn't actually see what was going on on the lettuce in front of them. It turns out that the natural world is full of hyperbolic wonders. And so, too, we've discovered that there is an infinite taxonomy of crochet hyperbolic creatures.
Video examples
The unexpected benefit...
and also a few of the gems that at least so far, have not only survived that process, but have been accelerated by it. Last year we killed a project in automated vertical farming. This is some of the lettuce that we grew. One in nine people in the world suffers from undernourishment.
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
to find out how much longer this river can sustain us every time i come to hoover dam i'm struck by how important this place is in the growth of the western united states it's the water supply for 40 million people 5 million acres of farmland the lettuce you eat all winter the
Video examples
An ode to the millennial...
I said the world is no longer yours we became the Generation Y before you could arks it so now it's ours so whether it's cupcake machines kennel computers or driverless cars we don't believe in war or lettuce on World of Warcraft we don't have time to care about your race or
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The simple story of...
That little glucose molecule then helps to build bigger and better carbohydrates like cellulose. Cellulose is a type of carbohydrate found in plants that our body cannot break down. We call it fiber and we eat it in vegetables like lettuce, broccoli, and celery.
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Quote examples
Jane Elliot
American Actress
We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.
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Gza
American Musician
I don't eat meat - chicken, fish, none of that. I eat a lot of vegetable sandwiches, like lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, whatever I can put on bread with mayo and eat, y'know.
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Joey Chestnut
American Celebrity
There are times when I'm not eating buns if I'm on a low carb diet. I'll have hot dogs and romaine lettuce, but if I'm at a baseball game, I'm always eating a hot dog.
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Chance The Rapper
American Musician
I hate eating vegetables. The only vegetables I eat are lettuce on a burger.
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Cesar Chavez
American Activist
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
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Beatrix Potter
English Author
It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.
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Dashiell Hammett
American Author
Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.
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Rebecca Romijn
American Actress
It's pronounced 'Romaine', like the lettuce.
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Ray J
American Musician
I don't know how to cook lettuce.
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Peter Sunde
Swedish Businessman
I mostly eat lettuce.
Quote examples
Jane Elliot
American Actress
We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.
Quote examples
Gza
American Musician
I don't eat meat - chicken, fish, none of that. I eat a lot of vegetable sandwiches, like lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, whatever I can put on bread with mayo and eat, y'know.
Quote examples
Joey Chestnut
American Celebrity
There are times when I'm not eating buns if I'm on a low carb diet. I'll have hot dogs and romaine lettuce, but if I'm at a baseball game, I'm always eating a hot dog.
Quote examples
Chance The Rapper
American Musician
I hate eating vegetables. The only vegetables I eat are lettuce on a burger.
Quote examples
Cesar Chavez
American Activist
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
Quote examples
Beatrix Potter
English Author
It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.
Quote examples
Dashiell Hammett
American Author
Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.
Quote examples
Rebecca Romijn
American Actress
It's pronounced 'Romaine', like the lettuce.
Quote examples
Ray J
American Musician
I don't know how to cook lettuce.
Quote examples
Peter Sunde
Swedish Businessman
I mostly eat lettuce.
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