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vegetarian

[vej-i-tair-ee-uh

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noun

a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.

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adjective

of or pertaining to vegetarianism or vegetarians.

devoted to or advocating this practice.

consisting solely of vegetables: vegetarian vegetable soup.

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Vegetarian has a plethora of syllables.

So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:

a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

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Compare lacto-ovo-vegetarian, lactovegetarian, vegan.

Origin:
1835–45; veget(able) + -arian

Related forms

non·veg·e·tar·i·an, adjective, noun

Can be confused: vegan, vegetarian.

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Example Sentences

Post the vegetarian or vegan dishes that you serve to guests.

We needed to know how many meals to order and how many needed vegetarian options.

Vegetarian restaurants are spreading, but many patronise them to be trendy rather than ethical.

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Post the vegetarian or vegan dishes that you serve to guests.

We needed to know how many meals to order and how many needed vegetarian options.

Vegetarian restaurants are spreading, but many patronise them to be trendy rather than ethical.

Some people eat vegetarian turkey, which is made out of tofu.

The same happened to my partner, who also underwent the gradual, instinctive change from carnivore to vegetarian.

So if you're truly serious about curbing carbon emissions, become a vegetarian.

Kitchen-tested recipes for perfect turkey, vegetarian options, and all the sides.

For those of you seeking festive vegetarian or vegan dishes, our.

For potlucks, you can encourage students to bring ethnic dishes or vegetarian dishes.

Just because one is a vegetarian or vegan does not necessarily mean one is eating properly.

Physically, however, the lizards were not built to digest a vegetarian diet.

Doesn't matter if you buy your food at the store or hunt and fish or even if you are a vegetarian.

Tiny restaurant with ocean views serves sustainably caught seafood and vegetarian cuisine.

Those who champion the low-fat vegetarian vegan diet have long made broad health claims for the regimen.

The bottomline: be vegetarian and listen to your instincts.

One is to farm more vegetarian fish such as tilapia and catfish.

The newfound teeth are about the size of a modern female gorilla's and show indications of a mostly vegetarian diet.

Studies on modern women show that those on a raw vegetarian diet often miss their menstrual periods because of lack of energy.

Your typical vegetarian enchiladas are mostly cheese.

Otarian is a soon-to-be minichain that measures the carbon footprint of its vegetarian fare.

The son of the main dinosaur character got involved with a female vegetarian dinosaur to the horror of his family.

Emirates claimed that they did not have any record of my vegetarian meal preferences.

Guests can chill out in the well-tended garden and dine at the vegetarian rooftop restaurant.

Yeast extract helps bring a liverlike flavor to this vegetarian pâté.

Being italian doesn't hinder to be also venetian or buddhist or vegetarian or loving cricket rather than football.

Buddhist food uses natural, vegetarian ingredients gathered in the mountains.

If she were a radical vegetarian bent on depriving everyone of free choice of meat it would matter, wouldn't.

If your dog is being fed a vegetarian diet, leave out the animal fat and use peanut butter instead.

They have rodentlike incisors that never stop growing and are gnawed down on some of their tougher vegetarian fare.

Their elongated faces leave plenty of jaw room for the large, flat teeth necessary to chew their vegetarian meals.

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Grazing animals don't get enough of the mineral in their vegetarian diets.

Try the vegetarian crepe with spinach, sundried tomato and cream cheese.

Andean bears are thought to be primarily vegetarian.

Pushkar is a vegetarian town so no restaurants serve meat.

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World English Dictionary

vegetarian (ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪən)

—n
1.	a person who advocates or practises vegetarianism

—*adj*
2.	relating to, advocating, or practising vegetarianism
3.	cookery strictly, consisting of vegetables and fruit only, but usually including milk, cheese, eggs, etc

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Word Origin & History

vegetarian

1839, irregular formation from vegetable (n.) + -arian, as in agrarian, etc. "The general use of the word appears to have been largely due to the formation of the Vegetarian Society in Ramsgate in 1847."

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Medical Dictionary

vegetarian veg·e·tar·i·an (věj'ĭ-târ'ē-ən)
n.
One who practices vegetarianism. adj.

Of or relating to vegetarianism or vegetarians.
Consisting primarily or wholly of vegetables and vegetable products.

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