I'm a vegetarian
Indicates that the speaker is a vegetarian.
ADJ
strict
My sister follows a strict vegetarian diet and won't eat any meat or fish.
VEGETARIAN + NOUN
cookery, dish, food, meal | diet | restaurant
PHRASES
suitable for vegetarians
Most Indian restaurants offer plenty of dishes suitable for vegetarians.
noun
A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
"The sight and smell of raw meat are especially odious to me, and I have often thought that if I had had to be my own cook, I should inevitably become a vegetarian, probably, indeed, return entirely to my green and salad days."
Vegetarian Society […] A society […] formed at Manchester in 1847, to promote the use of cereals, pulse, and fruit, as articles of diet; and to induce habits of abstinence from fish, flesh, and fowl, as food.
An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
adj
Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
Must we not put to death blackbirds and thrushes because they feed on worms, or (if capital punishment offends our humanitarianism) starve them slowly by permanent captivity and vegetarian diet?
According to interviews by New York Times correspondents across the country, more and more people—especially the young—are giving up “flesh foods” in favor of a vegetarian way of life.
Without meat.
Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
Is there such a thing as a good tasting vegetarian hot dog? Cuz every one I've tried tasted like smelted tire.
That does not eat meat.
I have a vegetarian brother
noun
Obsolete spelling of vegetarian.
“I must preface this essay by the confession that I am myself a Vegetarian, and that I mean to say all the good I can of the principles of Vegetarianism.”
Indicates that the speaker is a vegetarian.
"The sight and smell of raw meat are especially odious to me, and I have often thought that if I had had to be my own cook, I should inevitably become a vegetarian, probably, indeed, return entirely t
WiktionaryVegetarian Society […] A society […] formed at Manchester in 1847, to promote the use of cereals, pulse, and fruit, as articles of diet; and to induce habits of abstinence from fish, flesh, and fowl,
Wiktionaryvegetarian […] One who abstains from animal food, living exclusively on vegetables, milk, eggs, and the like. The more strict vegetarians eat vegetables and farinaceous food only, abstaining from eggs
WiktionaryMust we not put to death blackbirds and thrushes because they feed on worms, or (if capital punishment offends our humanitarianism) starve them slowly by permanent captivity and vegetarian diet?
WiktionaryAccording to interviews by New York Times correspondents across the country, more and more people—especially the young—are giving up “flesh foods” in favor of a vegetarian way of life.
WiktionaryIs there such a thing as a good tasting vegetarian hot dog? Cuz every one I've tried tasted like smelted tire.
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