dill

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dill /dɪl/ noun [uncountable]   HBPDFHBPDFa type of herb 莳萝，土茴香

Examples from the Corpus

dill• Mr Liebman was cool as a dill pickle.• Remove the fillets from the marinade, place on a board skin-side down, and scatter over the chopped dill.• Sow parsley, which takes two to three weeks to germinate; cilantro, dill, chives.• All of the hot pastrami sandwiches are served with a crunchy dill pickle, sliced down the middle.• Tuna Italienne, with pasta; or Salmon Imperial in a delicate dill and a sherry sauce.• Serve the salmon on the lentils and sprinkle over the fresh chervil or dill and pink peppercorns.• Garnish with asparagus tips, lemon segments, dill and rind.• I ate a ham sandwich on white bread with dill pickles that soaked through the bread and made it soggy and green.Origin dill Old English dile

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Corpus a of herb type

dill
dill /dɪl/ noun [uncountable]
a type of herb

dillBrE /dɪl/ 🔊NAmE /dɪl/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]

a plant with yellow flowers whose leaves and seeds have a strong taste and are used in cooking as a herb is often added to vegetables kept in vinegar. Dill is often added to vegetables kept in vinegar. 莳萝，土茴香（味冲，用作佐料）◆dill pickles加了土茴香的泡菜