veg

Plants or parts of plants, such as carrots and peas, that people eat.

• Eat some veg with your dinner.
• We bought fresh fruit and veg.
• Can you chop the veg for the soup?

Similar words: vegetables

Common phrases: fruit and veg, fresh veg, roast veg

Food or meals that contain no meat.

• This restaurant serves only veg.
• We ordered veg for everyone at the table.
• Do they serve veg as well as chicken?

Similar words: vegetarian food

Common phrases: serve veg, only veg, eat veg

A unit of how heavy something feels, based on lifting a weight of 100 grams.

• The reference weight represents one veg.
• The experiment measured perceived weight in veg.
• A veg describes felt weight rather than physical mass.

Common phrases: one veg, a veg, veg scale

To relax and spend time doing very little.

• I want to veg today.
• We vegged out on the sofa all evening.
• After work, she likes to veg in front of the television.

How to use it: veg out (We just want to veg out tonight.)

Similar words: relax, laze, vegetate

Common phrases: veg out, veg at home, veg on something

Made without meat, or describing someone who does not eat meat.

• I ordered a veg curry.
• Does this restaurant have a veg menu?
• The kitchen offers both veg and meat dishes.

Similar words: vegetarian

Opposites: nonvegetarian

Common phrases: veg meal, veg curry, veg option