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leek

noun

Related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
L
Ends with
K
Contains
EE
Scrabble score
8
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

liːk

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noun

  1. Related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves

noun

  1. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum

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Synonyms

scallion

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