Radicchio is an English word with synonyms like chicory. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Radicchio in a sentence
Radicchio meaning
A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.
Synonyms of Radicchio
Using Radicchio
- The main meaning on this page is: A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.
- Useful related words include: chicory, curly endive.
Context around Radicchio
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Radicchio
- In this selection, "radicchio" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bitter, grilled, vegetables, inspired, salad and rosso stand out and add context to how "radicchio" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fennel grilled radicchio and black and hit of radicchio. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "radicchio" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with radicchio
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Vegetables Radicchio rosso di Treviso ( PGI ) is a peculiar vegetable with a faintly bitter taste and a crunchy texture. (19 words)
Don't miss the soyrizo tofu quiche, made with herb tofu, barbecue black beans and smoked sweet potatoes, with a radicchio salad on the side. (25 words)
And if you're lucky, the cashier at the grocery store doesn't know what radicchio is so they key it in as red cabbage which is a fraction of the price. (32 words)
There are expertly grilled two finger-thick shrimps, creating their own spiced liquor and, alongside them, an ingenious take on a Caesar salad in which the Romaine lettuce has been replaced by the bitter hit of radicchio. (37 words)
At Hurakia Lodge, chef Emily Lucas cooked an entree of tuna, blood orange, fennel, grilled radicchio and black and green olives for former prime minister Bill English and 27 "ultra-high net-worth individuals". (34 words)
Celebrate Sagra di Radicchio., inspired by the Italian tradition of the sagra (a festival usually celebrating local food), devotes a full week of revelry to the refreshingly bitter radicchio, also known as chicory. (33 words)
Example sentences (6)
Celebrate Sagra di Radicchio., inspired by the Italian tradition of the sagra (a festival usually celebrating local food), devotes a full week of revelry to the refreshingly bitter radicchio, also known as chicory.
There are expertly grilled two finger-thick shrimps, creating their own spiced liquor and, alongside them, an ingenious take on a Caesar salad in which the Romaine lettuce has been replaced by the bitter hit of radicchio.
And if you're lucky, the cashier at the grocery store doesn't know what radicchio is so they key it in as red cabbage which is a fraction of the price.
At Hurakia Lodge, chef Emily Lucas cooked an entree of tuna, blood orange, fennel, grilled radicchio and black and green olives for former prime minister Bill English and 27 "ultra-high net-worth individuals".
Don't miss the soyrizo tofu quiche, made with herb tofu, barbecue black beans and smoked sweet potatoes, with a radicchio salad on the side.
Vegetables Radicchio rosso di Treviso ( PGI ) is a peculiar vegetable with a faintly bitter taste and a crunchy texture.