chard
chard
Definition
chard (c̸härd)
noun
a kind of beet (Beta vulgaris var. cicla) whose large leaves and thick stalks are used as food; Swiss chard
Etymology: earlier card < Fr carde < L carduus, thistle, artichoke (see card): sp. infl. by Fr chardon, artichoke
chard
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- add: To finish, warm the beans slightly, taste, season, and add the shredded chard and the flat parsley.
- include: These include ruby chard, lambs lettuce, and salad burnet.
- cook: To serve, arrange the potato rounds on a plate and top with the cooked chard.
- blanch: Blanch the chard or spinach leaves and refresh them in cold water.
- wilt: Finish it off with a small heap of wilted Swiss chard on each pastry.
- use: Instead of spring greens you can also use chard, kale or winter greens of any variety that have big, dark leaves.
Adjective modifier
- Swiss: Finish it off with a small heap of wilted Swiss chard on each pastry.
- red: We used dill, coriander, some flat leaf parsley, some baby spinach leaves and a few red chard leaves.
- ruby: These include ruby chard, lambs lettuce, and salad burnet.
Noun used with modifier
- flint: The price includes a sharp flint chard so that you are ready to go as son as you receive it.
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