watercress
watercress
Definition
water·cress (--kres′)
watercress
Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- plate: Arrange the spinach and watercress on 2 large plates.
Converse of object
- chop: You need a bunch of watercress 227g soft cheese 227g Smoked Scottish salmon Black Pepper Lemon Juice Finely chop the watercress.
- add: Trim, wash and add the watercress to the salad.
- gather: A day or two later; " Miss James and me went to gather watercress this evening.
- grow: In Staffordshire, the slow running streams and rivers, especially near their source, were ideal for growing watercress.
- have: However I have a lot of marginal plants around the edge of my pond and also have watercress and mimulus in my vegetable filter.
- try: In Hampshire, try fresh watercress, strong and peppery, picked from the cool, clear waters of the river Itchen.
Preposition: for
- garnish: Reserve a few sprigs of watercress for the garnish and chop the remainder.
Adjective modifier
- fresh: As well as their own fresh watercress, the family sell as much regional and local food as they can.
- wild: The resulting pieces were placed in a boggy area in a dell full of wild watercress.
- 50g: Just pack 100g thoroughly washed spinach into a saucepan with 50g watercress.
Modifies a noun
- sprig: Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and tarragon, and garnish with the lettuce leaves and watercress sprigs.
- soup: What's news about watercress soup you may ask?
- salad: Vintage: 2004 Food Choice: Great with new potato and watercress salad.
- bed: There are watercress beds here in the Dun valley.
- sauce: M: beefburger with melted cheese & crispy bacon, chips; nut loaf with mushroom & watercress sauce.
- business: Redbourn has a tradition of farming and for a time had a successful watercress business.
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