How to Use turnip in a Sentence

turnip

noun
Definition of turnipnext
  • Contrary to the name, there's no turnip in turnip cake.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Add salt to the pot of boiling water and cook the turnip tops.
    — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Whisk in hard cider and stock and then add turnip and sweet potato to the pot.
    — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The turnip was served unadorned next to two slices of steamed and grilled duck.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The chefs serve the wings with slices of pickle and pickled turnip.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2018
  • Look for leafy greens like spinach, bok choy and turnip greens.
    — Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 9 May 2017
  • Turnips aren’t the only thing that sets this pan roast apart.
    — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2017
  • The sandwich is wrapped in turnips and collard green leaves.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The rich miso broth gets a nice peppery bite from turnip greens and ginger.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2023
  • The food at Bergen-Belsen was kohlrabies, turnips, about 600 calories to keep you alive.
    — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Come for the photos, stay for the yellow pickled turnip recipe.
    — Christine Ro, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Fitting then that her Irish stew, with turnips and lamb, is rich and balanced.
    — Scott Hocker, theweek, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Brassicas such as rape, kale, turnips, and canola have deep roots and large leaves.
    — Michelle Matthews, AL.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • The inside is white and has been compared to a cross between an apple and a turnip.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2022
  • Think grilled turnip with lacto-shoyu cherries, and French toast and fro-yo for dessert.
    — Sunset Magazine, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Here, carrots and turnips roast for the Thicket supper in June, 2016.
    — Beejoli Shah, Bon Appetit, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Many turn their noses up at turnips, Brussel sprouts, beets and eggplants.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Add the eggs, radish (or turnip or rutabaga), cabbage and tofu and return to a boil.
    — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
  • South was a visitor to our club who may have arrived on a turnip truck.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2017
  • Once the oil is shimmering, add the onions, fennel, turnip and garlic.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Parsnips, turnips, and rutabagas are all very earthy, sometimes bitter, and tend to be quite strong.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The turnips and carrots belong with a bowl of white rice and a quick miso-ginger sauce drizzled over it all.
    — Christina Chaey, Bon Appetit, 25 June 2018
  • Too often, turnips get short shrift in the fall produce parade.
    — Matt Brooks, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The South mainly grows turnips for their leaves, but other areas grow them for their roots.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Tiny leaves of just-snipped mugwort balance the brooding force of black rice and baby turnips.
    — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 July 2017
  • There's still time to plant other greens, such as mustard, collard and turnip.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Rutabagas are like a cross between a turnip and a cabbage that came about hundreds of years ago.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The squares are nicely browned and the turnip in the center is soft and a tad gooey, similar to the consistency of good mochi.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
  • Its rump was wide and its head narrow, and its belly tapered from one end to the other in roughly the shape of a turnip.
    — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Underrated Food Plots for Deer Brassicas, such as turnips, get all the glory.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024

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