Definitions for Vegetables
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1. Vegetables

   Vegetables (alternate versions spelled as "Vega-Tables") is a song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks for American rock band The Beach Boys, released as the second track on their September 1967 album Smiley Smile. It was first recorded for the unfinished album Smile and was briefly projected to be the album's lead single. Like other tracks on Smiley Smile, the finished arrangement was more stripped-down than the version conceived for Smile. The song was partly inspired by Wilson's obsession with physical fitness in the late 1960s. In a contemporary article, he stated, "I want to turn people on to vegetables, good natural food, organic food. Health is an important element in spiritual enlightenment. But I do not want to be pompous about it, so we will engage in a satirical approach." Another reported inspiration for the song was a humorous comment Wilson heard about the effect of marijuana turning him and his friends into a "vegetative" state. The Beatles' Paul McCartney is rumored to have contributed chewed celery noises on a version of "Vega-Tables", later released on the compilations Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys (1993) and The Smile Sessions (2011). While McCartney and others corroborated this story, his presence could not be verified on the extended session tape."Mama Says" is an a cappella song released as the closing track on the band's December 1967 album Wild Honey. It is a rerecording of what was intended to be a section of "Vega-Tables". The only lyrics are "sleep a lot, eat a lot / brush 'em like crazy / run a lot, do a lot / never be lazy". Although the music and lyrics were unchanged from "Vega-Tables", Parks' contributions were not honored for "Mama Says", and instead the co-writing credit was given to Mike Love.

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1. Vegetables

   "Vegetables" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks for the American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released on their 1967 album Smiley Smile with Al Jardine and Brian Wilson on lead vocals. A discarded bridge section from "Vega-Tables" was later recycled as the a cappella "Mama Says" on their 1967 album Wild Honey, featuring heavily-syncopated vocals by the Beach Boys. In 1993, the initial version recorded as "Vega-Tables" for the aborted Smile sessions was finally given an official release, along with a slew of other Smile material, on the Good Vibrations boxset. A new recording of the song based on this version was made for the 2004 release of Brian Wilson Presents Smile. Many composite versions were made available on The Smile Sessions.

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1. vegetables

   Plural form of vegetable.

   We bought a number of vegetables for use on Christmas day and the day after when our family are coming over to stay.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2015  

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Vegetables' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3372

How to pronounce Vegetables?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vegetables in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vegetables in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Vegetables in a Sentence

1. Amy Gorin:

   These can be much more nutritious choices to grab, versus snacks like chips and cookies. I recommend keeping a supply of fruit on the countertop — right now in my fruit basket, you’ll find fresh cherries, mandarin oranges, and bananas — as well as cut fruit and vegetables in the fridge, pair [fruits and vegetables] with a couple of tablespoons of nuts or a string cheese for a snack that will keep you fuller for longer.

2. Silje Wolff:

   The dream of every astronaut is to be able to eat fresh food like strawberries, cherry tomatoes or anything thats really flavorful, someday that will certainly be possible. We envision a greenhouse with several varieties of vegetables.

3. Chris Baker:

   I think we've seen a lot of the negative stuff already, with people acting out against foreigners, and we'll get more of that, we've seen some impact of people not coming here - you know, a shortage of nursing, and soon a shortage of people picking vegetables and all those summer-type jobs that English people don't want to do.

4. Alexa Mosca:

   We didn't want to keep having to go out, we stocked up on paper towels, waters, frozen vegetables and frozen foods, granola bars.

5. Angie Asche:

   Not only do plant foods like nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains, fruit and vegetables contain antioxidants.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Vegetables