fussy /ˈfʌsi/ adjective
1 NOT LIKING only liking particular things and
very difficult to please
She's a very fussy eater.
2 CAREFUL too careful about unimportant details
3 TOO COMPLICATED If something is fussy, it is
too complicated in design and has too many details.
Picky /ˈpɪki/ adjective
informal Someone who is picky does not like many
things.
A picky eater
He's very picky about his
clothes.
Grill 2 /grɪl/ verb [ T ]
1 COOK [ FOOD ] ( also US broil ) to
cook food using direct heat
Grill the fish for 2 to 3
minutes on each side.
See picture cook
2 QUESTION to ask someone questions
continuously and for a long time
I was grilled by the police for
two days.
roast 1 /rəʊst/ verb [ I , T ]
[ FOOD ] If you roast food, you cook it in an oven or over a
fire, and if food roasts, it is cooked in an oven or over a fire.
Roast the lamb in a hot oven for
35 minutes.
See picture cook
roast adjective [ always before noun ]
roast
beef/pork
bake /beɪk/ verb [ I , T ]
[ FOOD ] to cook something such as bread or a cake with dry
heat in an oven
a baked apple
See pictures cook , kitchen objects
Grate
1 /greɪt/
verb
1 FOOD [ FOOD ] [ T ] to break food such as
cheese into small, thin pieces by rubbing it against a grater (= kitchen tool
with holes)
grated cheese/carrot
2 NOISE [ I ] to make an unpleasant noise when
rubbing against something
The chair grated against the
floor.
grate on sb/sth phrasal verb
If someone's voice or behaviour grates on you, it
annoys you.
Her voice really grates on me.
stir-fry /ˈstɜːˌfraɪ/ verb [ T ]
[ FOOD ] to fry small pieces of vegetable, meat, etc very
quickly while mixing them around
stir-fry
noun
[ C
]
marinate /ˈmærɪneɪt/ ( also marinade /ˌmærɪˈneɪd/ ) verb
[ T ]
[ FOOD ] to add a mixture of oil, wine, herbs, etc to food
before cooking it
marinade
/ˌmærɪˈneɪd/
noun [ C , U ]
Spicy /ˈspaɪsi/ adjective
[ FOOD ] containing strong flavours from spice
spicy
food
a
spicy sauce
fattening /ˈfæt ə nɪŋ/ adjective
Fattening food can make you fat.
I don't eat chips, they're too
fattening.
bland /blænd/ adjective
1 BORING not interesting or exciting
bland statements
2 NO TASTE [ FOOD ] If food is bland, it does
not have much taste.
Disgusting /dɪsˈgʌstɪŋ/ adjective
extremely unpleasant
What's
that disgusting smell?
spice 1 /spaɪs/ noun
1 FOOD [ FOOD ] [ C , U ] a substance made from
a plant, which is used to give a special taste to food
herbs and spices
2 EXCITEMENT [ U ] something that makes
something else more exciting
A scandal or two adds a
little spice to office life.
filling
1 /ˈfɪlɪŋ/
noun
1 FOOD [ C , U ] food that is put inside things
such as cakes, pastry, pieces of bread, etc
What sort of filling do you want
in your sandwich?
See picture filling
2 TEETH [ HEALTH ] [ C ] a hard substance that
fills a hole in a tooth
See picture filling
squid /skwɪd/ noun [ C ] plural squid
a sea creature with a long body and ten long arms
croqueta
nf (comida con bechamel) croquette n
2 a slice of sth
2 a slice of sth
caldo
nm (sopa con carne, verdura, alubias…) broth, bouillon, consommé n
En
invierto me encanta tomar una taza de caldo de verduras para cenar.
ˈ whole ˌ wheat ( also UK
[ FOOD ] made using whole grains, or made from flour that
contains whole grains
whole
wheat bread/flour
smoked
smoked salmon/bacon/sausage etc
fish, meat etc that has been left in smoke to give it
a special taste
coal /kəʊl/ noun
coal
1 [ GEOLOGY ] [ U ] a hard, black substance
that is dug from under the ground and burnt as fuel
a lump of coal
2 coals
pieces of coal, usually burning
slice
1 /slaɪs/
noun
1 [ C ] a flat piece of food that has been cut from a
larger piece
a slice of bread/cake/meat
See picture quantities-1
a part of something that is being divided
a large slice of the profits
See
also: fish slice
slice 1 /slaɪs/ noun
1 [ C ] a flat piece of food that has been cut from a
larger piece
a slice of bread/cake/meat
See picture quantities-1
a part of something that is being divided
a large slice of the profits
See
also: fish slice
ˌ saturated ˈ fat noun [ C , U ]
[ CHEMISTRY , FOOD ] a fat found in meat, milk, and eggs, which is thought
to be bad for your health
Compare unsaturated fat
greasy /ˈgriːsi/
adjective
containing
or covered with fat or oil
greasy food/fingers
bland /blænd/ adjective
1 BORING
not interesting or exciting
bland statements
2
NO TASTE [ FOOD ]
If food is bland, it does not have
much taste.
FOOD
informal (full up adj, at full adj also UK full up) having eaten enough
foodNo more for me, thanks, I'm full.
Stuffed turkey
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