veggie

Everyday

1. (informal) A vegetable. tree →
2. (informal, UK, Australia) A vegetarian, someone who does not eat meat. tree →
3. (adjective, informal) Vegetarian: a veggie burger. tree →

In the lessons

Common in everyday family talk, school lunches and menus: «Eat your veggies!» In the UK and Australia «I'm veggie» means «I'm vegetarian». In maths word problems, veggies are often counted or shared.

Examples

• Eat up your veggies before pudding. tree →
• I'm veggie, so I'll have the bean burger. tree →
• The café has a good veggie menu. tree →
• We grew veggies in the school garden. tree →
• Dad chopped 3 carrots and 2 peppers: 5 veggies in all. tree →
• Veggie sausages are made from vegetables, beans or soya. tree →

Note

Informal; in writing at school use «vegetable» or «vegetarian». Also spelt «veggy» (rare). Plural veggies. Mostly the US says «veggies» for vegetables; the UK also uses «veg».