Explore Eggplants through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Eggplants meaning
plural of eggplant
Using Eggplants
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of eggplant
- In the example corpus, eggplants often appears in combinations such as: tomatoes eggplants, eggplants and, of eggplants.
Context around Eggplants
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Eggplants
- In this selection, "eggplants" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tomatoes, tale, purple, zucchini, peppers and starts stand out and add context to how "eggplants" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and ethiopian eggplants known as and are indian eggplants. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "eggplants" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with eggplants
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These are Indian eggplants. (4 words)
They include tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, paprika, and peppers. (8 words)
Yeeros/kebabs & aubergine/eggplants happy to be out of spotlight. (10 words)
And it’s a treat to take fairy tale eggplants and use them in place of the big boys in Hetty Lui McKinnon’s recipe for charred eggplant with burrata and fried capers, a recipe that I could see serving to raves. (42 words)
It’s a bright chunky stew made with eggplants, zucchini, red and yellow peppers, lots of tomatoes, onions and garlic and it’s seasoned with seasoned with paprika and lots of fresh basil, parsley and herbs de Provence. (38 words)
In SA we call them brinjals; in British English they’re referred to as aubergines; in North America and Australia they’re called eggplants; the Italians call them melanzana; and the Greeks melitzána. (33 words)
Example sentences (19)
It’s a bright chunky stew made with eggplants, zucchini, red and yellow peppers, lots of tomatoes, onions and garlic and it’s seasoned with seasoned with paprika and lots of fresh basil, parsley and herbs de Provence.
Wednesday's market at Crouch saw dozens of Londoners line up to take leafy greens, kale, and vegetable seedlings for them to grow their own tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and more.
And it’s a treat to take fairy tale eggplants and use them in place of the big boys in Hetty Lui McKinnon’s recipe for charred eggplant with burrata and fried capers, a recipe that I could see serving to raves.
The biosynthetic pathway of specific steroidal compounds in nightshade plants (such as potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants) starts with cholesterol.
Whimsical statues of eggplants and peppers sprouted outside a visitor center that bustled each spring, when Israelis flock to see carpeting the fields.
A heap of purple eggplants on the island, a loaf of bread by the coffee maker, or a cluster of tomatoes near the stove adds a welcoming, lively touch.
All species of nicotiana are in the nightshade family and, like their relatives, tomatoes, eggplants and peppers, they demand a rich, warm soil in the sun.
On the rooftop of a Singapore shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants, rosemary, bananas and papayas stand in colourful contrast to the grey skyscrapers of the city-state’s business district.
Rwanda's horticulture exports are dominated by onion, fresh beans, fresh peas, tomato, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, eggplants, French bean, pepper and mushrooms.
Yeeros/kebabs & aubergine/eggplants happy to be out of spotlight.
In SA we call them brinjals; in British English they’re referred to as aubergines; in North America and Australia they’re called eggplants; the Italians call them melanzana; and the Greeks melitzána.
The eggplants will absorb less oil when baked rather than fried.
They include tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, paprika, and peppers.
Eggplants can also be battered before deep-frying and served with a sauce made of tahini and tamarind.
Four years should separate successive crops of eggplants to reduce pest pressure.
It is during this time of Arab invasions that many staples of today’s Calabrian cuisine came into fashion: citrus fruits and eggplants for example.
Many vegetables are stuffed, most typically green peppers (biber dolması), eggplants, tomatoes, or zucchini /courgettes (kabak dolması), vine leaves (yaprak dolması).
The eggplant has a long history of taxonomic confusion with the scarlet and Ethiopian eggplants, known as gilo and nakati, and described by Linnaeus as S. aethiopicum.
These are Indian eggplants.
Common combinations with eggplants
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tomatoes eggplants 3×
- eggplants and 3×
- of eggplants 3×
- and eggplants 2×