leek
Plural: leeks
Noun
- A vegetable of the onion family, with a long white bulb and green leaves.
- plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
- related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves
- A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
- Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.
Examples
- I managed to spell LEEK across a double-letter score, adding a modest boost to my points.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English leke, leek, lek, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *lauką *laukaz (“leek, onion”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).
Cognate with Dutch look (“garlic, leek”), German Low German Look (“leek”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”), Danish løg (“onion”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“onion, leek, garlic”). See garlic.
Synonyms
Allium porrum, scallion, broadleaf wild leek, garden leek, the Cambrian symbol
Scrabble Score: 8
leek: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordleek: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
leek: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary