kale

«kale» in Mova's school dictionary: a leafy green vegetable in the cabbage family, with curly… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (kale — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Kale is a leafy green vegetable in the cabbage family, with curly or flat dark leaves. tree →

2) (Scotland, old) Kail or kale was an old word for cabbage soup or for food in general. tree →

sense in the lessons

In healthy eating lessons kale is given as an example of a vegetable full of vitamins and fibre. In everyday life people put it in salads, smoothies, soups or bake it into crisps. It grows well in cold weather. Phrases: «kale chips», «curly kale», «a bunch of kale».

examples

• Mum put kale in the green smoothie. tree →
• Curly kale grows well even in frost. tree →
• We baked kale chips with a little oil and salt. tree →
• Kale is in the same family as broccoli and cabbage. tree →
• Dad bought a bunch of kale at the market. tree →
• Caterpillars love munching our kale. tree →

note

Uncountable: «some kale», not «a kale» (but «a bunch of kale»). Rhymes with «sale». Kale chips (US) are called kale crisps in the UK.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kale» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.