granola

UK /ɡɹəˈnoʊlə/ US /ɡɹəˈnoʊlə/

noun 2adj 1

Definitions

noun

A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients.

Ellipsis of crunchy granola.

adj

Eating healthy food, supporting the protection of the environment, and having liberal views.

You see more and more of the granola hippie activist types these days.

[…]behind them a granola-looking mom in denim overalls and a t-shirt was pulling in to do her drop-off . . . from a Prius.

Collocations

ADJ.

affluent, crunchy, healthy, homemade, left

VERB + GRANOLA

ate, eat, milk, think

GRANOLA + NOUN

activist, everyone, hippie

ADV.

often, only

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

You see more and more of the granola hippie activist types these days.

Wiktionary

[…]behind them a granola-looking mom in denim overalls and a t-shirt was pulling in to do her drop-off . . . from a Prius.

Wiktionary

Rather, the anti-vax movement is almost entirely a phenomenon of the affluent crunchy granola Left—as everyone across the political spectrum acknowledged until the last week or so.

Wiktionary

Do you often eat granola?

Tatoeba · #953206

I only ate one granola bar.

Tatoeba · #4073336

I think granola bars are healthy.

Tatoeba · #4664648

Usage Notes

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In some senses, granola is marked as slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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