herb

CEFRB1

/hɜːb/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A plant used for cooking, medicine, or scent.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.

Examples

  • After a few dozen unrequited infatuations, Herb's heart became unbreakable.

  • The herb used in that pasta sauce might be parsley.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Grass; herbage.

  2. A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.

  3. A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.

More examples

In context

  • If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?

  • flocks grazing the tender herb

  • The room was thick and sour with the smell of herb.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English herbe, erbe, from Old French erbe (French herbe), from Latin herba. Initial h was restored to the spelling in the 15th century on the basis of Latin, but it remained mute until the 19th century and still is for many speakers. Doublet of yerba.