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Webster 1913 Edition


Chard

Chard

(chärd)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
carde
esculent thistle.]
1.
The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.
2.
A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chard

CHARD

n. The leaves of artichokes tied and wrapped all over, except the top, in straw, during autumn and winter. This makes them grow white and lose some of their bitterness.
Chards of beet are plants of white beet transplanted, producing great tops, which, in the midst, have a large, white, thick, downy, cotton-like main shoot, which is the true chard.

Definition 2024


Chard

Chard

See also: chard

English

Proper noun

Chard

  1. A town and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the Devon border.
  2. A surname.
    • 1998, Laurence O'Toole, Pornocopia: porn, sex, technology and desire
      Three men got out and surrounded Mr Chard. They were police officers, and he was under arrest, charged with taking indecent pictures of his children under the Protection of Children Act 1978 (POCA).

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chard

See also: Chard

English

Chard (Beta vulgaris)

Noun

chard (countable and uncountable, plural chards)

  1. (uncountable) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste
  2. Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.

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Middle English

Etymology

Representing colloquial pronunciation. See ch-.

Verb

chard

  1. I heard.