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ambrosia

am·bro·sia
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [am-broh-zhuh]
    • /æmˈbroʊ ʒə/
    • /æmˈbrəʊ.zi.ə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [am-broh-zhuh]
    • /æmˈbroʊ ʒə/

Definitions of ambrosia word

  • uncountable noun ambrosia In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods. 3
  • noun ambrosia the food of the gods, said to bestow immortality 3
  • noun ambrosia anything particularly delightful to taste or smell 3
  • noun ambrosia any of various herbaceous plants constituting the genus Ambrosia, mostly native to America but widely naturalized: family Asteraceae (composites). The genus includes the ragweeds 3
  • noun ambrosia the food of the gods 3
  • noun ambrosia anything that tastes or smells delicious 3
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Origin of ambrosia

First appearance:

before 1545
One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Latin < Greek: immortality, food of the gods, noun use of feminine of ambrósios, equivalent to a- a-6 + -mbros- (combining form of brotōs mortal; akin to Latin mortuus dead, murder) + -ios adj. suffix; replacing Middle English ambrose, ambrosie < Old French ambroise < Latin

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Parts of speech for Ambrosia

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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ambrosia popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for ambrosia

noun ambrosia

  • delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
  • nectar — the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
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Related words

  • ambrosia beetle

    any of various small beetles of the genera Anisandrus, Xyleborus, etc, that bore tunnels into solid wood, feeding on fungi growing in the tunnels: family Scolytidae (bark beetles)

  • ambrotype

    an early type of glass negative that could be made to appear as a positive by backing it with black varnish or paper

  • bark beetle

    any small beetle of the family Scolytidae, which bore tunnels in the bark and wood of trees, causing great damage. They are closely related to the weevils

  • nectar

    the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.

  • ragweed

    any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
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