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- [chahrd]
- /tʃɑrd/
- /tʃɑːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [chahrd]
- /tʃɑrd/
Definitions of chard word
- uncountable noun chard Chard is a plant with a round root, large leaves, and a thick stalk. 3
- noun chard a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, with large succulent leaves and thick stalks, used as a vegetable 3
- noun chard a kind of beet (Beta vulgaris var. cicla) whose large leaves and thick stalks are used as food; Swiss chard 3
- noun chard a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable. 1
- noun chard A beet of a variety with broad white leaf stalks that may be prepared and eaten separately from the green parts of the leaf. 1
- noun chard vegetable: type of beet 1
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Origin of chard
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; apparently < French chardon thistle; see cardoon
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Parts of speech for Chard
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chard popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% 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".
chard usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chard
noun chard
- beta — the second letter in the Greek alphabet (Β, β), a consonant, transliterated as b
- borscht — a Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot
- vegetable — any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower.
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