eggplant

/ˈɛɡ.plænt/

noun 4

Collocations

ADJ.

bitter, excellent, favorite, great, grilled, meatless, prepared, white

VERB + EGGPLANT

am, having, like, likes, love, part, pound, say

EGGPLANT + NOUN

anything, carrot, cheese, egg, lots, lunch, meatballs, mountain

PREP.

between, in, on, with

Definitions

noun

The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.

Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”

A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.

A black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans.

Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant.

"Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant-this and nigger-that at me," she said.

A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purp

aubergine

noun — hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cu

aubergine
brinjal

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”

Wiktionary

"Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant-this and nigger-that at me," she said.

Wiktionary

I love eggplant.

Tatoeba · #1815929

Eggplant, carrot, tomato.

Tatoeba · #2206706

I've prepared eggplant and egg for my breakfast.

Tatoeba · #2759147

Usage Notes

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