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Definition: Horseradish |
HorseradishNoun1. The root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning. 2. Coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root. 3. Grated horseradish root. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "horseradish" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of horseradish, foretells pleasant associations with intellectual and congenial people. Fortune is also expressed in this dream. For a woman, it indicates a rise above her present station. To eat horseradish, you will be the object of pleasant raillery. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) is a root used as a condiment and to clear the sinuses in a hurry. It contains chemicals similar to mustard. It has at times been used as the bitter herbs in the Passover meal in some Jewish communities.Horseradish, sometimes blended with cream is often served with roast beef or sausages. Horseradish is also used in some prepared mustards. Much wasabi is actually horseradish dyed green.
Horseradish peroxidase is used in biochemistry for work with antibodies.
see also: wasabi, spice
Food | List of fruits | List of vegetables Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Horseradish."
Synonyms: HorseradishSynonyms: horse radish (n), horseradish root (n), red cole (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Horseradish |
| English words defined with "horseradish": Armoracia ♦ cocktail sauce ♦ genus Armoracia ♦ horseradish root, horseradish sauce ♦ isothiocyanate ♦ Russian dressing, Russian mayonnaise ♦ sauce Albert, seafood sauce. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "horseradish": horseradish grinder, HORSERADISH MAKER, Horseradish Peroxidase ♦ namida ♦ RAW SHELLFISH PREPARER ♦ Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate. (references) |
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| "Horseradish" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.38% of the time. "Horseradish" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90.38% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.77% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.85% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 52 | N/A |
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Expressions using "horseradish": Horseradish Peroxidase ♦ horseradish root ♦ horseradish sauce. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "horseradish": anti-horseradish. | |
Containing "horseradish": Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "horseradish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rrikë, rrepë (beet, turnip). (various references) | |
Arabic | الجرجار فجل حار. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хрян. (various references) | |
Chinese | 辣 . (various references) | |
Czech | křen. (various references) | |
Danish | peberrod (horse-radish). (various references) | |
Dutch | mierikswortel (horse-radish), mierik (horse-radish). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kreno (horse-radish). (various references) | |
Faeroese | piparrót (horse-radish). (various references) | |
Farsi | ترب کوهی(گ.ش.), ریشه خردل . (various references) | |
Finnish | piparjuuri (horse-radish). (various references) | |
French | raifort (horse-radish). (various references) | |
German | meerrettich (horse-radish). (various references) | |
Greek | κοχλιάριο το αρμοράκιο, αγριοράπανι. (various references) | |
Hungarian | torma (horse radish, water cress). (various references) | |
Italian | rafano (radish), barbaforte (horse-radish). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ペン先 (force out, fork, horse race, horsepower, hose, HP, pen nibs, PS, whore). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ホースラディッシュ . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | orseradishhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | raiz-forte, rbano silvestre, rbano bravo, rábanodecavalo, rábano‐silvestre, armorácio. (various references) | |
Russian | хрен (horse-radish). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ren. (various references) | |
Spanish | rábano picante (horse-radish). (various references) | |
Swedish | pepparrot (horse-radish). (various references) | |
Turkish | yabanturpu, bayırturpu. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хрен. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Armoracia rusticana. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "horseradish": horseradishes. (additional references) | |
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"Horseradish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: horseraddish, horsradish. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "horseradish" (pronounced hô"rsra'dish) |
| 3 | -d i sh | brandish, faddish, outlandish, prudish, radish, reddish, Standish. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-h-i-o-r-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: horsehairs. | |
-2 letters: horsehair. | |
-3 letters: airsheds, droseras, drossier, hidroses, hoarders, radishes, rosaries. | |
-4 letters: adorers, airshed, arrises, dashers, dashier, dorsers, dossier, drosera, hairdos, hardier, hardies, harried, harries, harsher, hoarder, hoarier, hoarser, horsier, hosiers, orrises, raiders, raisers, rashers, roadies, sarodes, shaders, shadier, shairds, sharers, sherris, shirred, sierras, sirdars, sirrahs, soarers. | |
-5 letters: adorer, adores, ahorse, aiders, airers, ardors, arider. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-h-i-o-r-r-s-s" | |
+2 letters: horseradishes. | |
+5 letters: hermaphroditisms. | |
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