leek

CEFRB1

/liːk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long white and green vegetable related to the onion.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9856).

Examples

  • How much is the kilo of leek?

  • I do believe it's called a leek.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

  2. A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

More examples

In context

  • Slice the leek and wash it under a running tap.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English leke, leek, lek, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *lauką, *laukaz (“leek, onion”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Cognate with Dutch look (“garlic, leek”), German Low German Look (“leek”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”), Danish løg (“onion”), Norwegian Bokmål løk (“onion”), Norwegian Nynorsk lauk (“onion”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“onion, leek, garlic”). See garlic.