leek

Everyday

1. A long vegetable with a white stem and green leaves that tastes like a mild onion. tree →
2. The leek is a national symbol of Wales. tree →

In the lessons

In food and healthy-eating lessons, leeks are used in soups and pies (leek and potato soup). In Wales, people wear a leek or a daffodil on St David's Day, 1 March. In gardening, leeks grow in rows in the vegetable patch. Phrases: leek and potato soup, chicken and leek pie.

Examples

• Mum made leek and potato soup. tree →
• We wore leeks on St David's Day. tree →
• The leek is a symbol of Wales. tree →
• You have to wash leeks well, as soil gets between the leaves. tree →
• Grandad grows giant leeks for the village show. tree →
• A leek looks like a very big spring onion. tree →
• In one grew some very fine chives or leeks; this was the kitchen garden. tree →

Note

Countable: a leek, leeks. Homophone trap: «leak» (water escaping, or a secret getting out) sounds exactly the same. Leek = vegetable; leak = hole that lets liquid out.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The leeks are among the foods of Egypt the people longed for in the wilderness; the tradition reads this as a complaint showing ungratefulness for the manna. In the primary lessons: In food and healthy-eating lessons, leeks are used in soups and pies (leek and potato soup). In Wales, people wear a leek or a daffodil on St David's Day, 1 March. In gardening, leeks grow in rows in the vegetable patch. Phrases: leek and potato soup, chicken and leek pie.

Examples

• We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: a leek, leeks. Homophone trap: «leak» (water escaping, or a secret getting out) sounds exactly the same. Leek = vegetable; leak = hole that lets liquid out.