rhu|barb|ing — «ROO bahr bihng», adjective, noun. British. –adj. (of actors) muttering sounds to simulate background noise of talk or conversation. –n. noisy talk: »The players filed off the stage, and the silence dissolved in the rhubarbing of the multitude of … Useful english dictionary
rhu·barb — /ˈruːˌbɑɚb/ noun, pl barbs 1 [noncount] : a plant with large green leaves and with thick pink or red stems that are cooked and used in pies, jams, etc. rhubarb pie 2 [count] US, informal + old fashioned : an angry argument The coach got into a … Useful english dictionary
barb — barb·al·o·in; barb; barb·ing; barb·less; barb·wire; rhu·barb; … English syllables
rhu — mor·rhu·ate; mor·rhu·ic; pyr·rhu·loxia; rhu·barb; rhu·punt; rhu·sio·path·ia; … English syllables
rhubarb — rhu·barb … English syllables
rhubarb — rhu|barb [ ru,barb ] noun uncount a plant with long red or pink stems that people cook and eat as a fruit … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rhubarb — rhu|barb [ˈru:ba:b US a:rb] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: reubarbe, from Medieval Latin reubarbarum, from rha rhubarb (from Greek) + barbarus foreign ] 1.) a plant with broad leaves. It has thick red stems that can be cooked and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rhubarb — rhu•barb [[t]ˈru bɑrb[/t]] n. 1) bot (boi pln) any of several plants of the genus Rheum, of the buckwheat family, as R. officinale, having a medicinal rhizome, and R. rhabarbarum, having edible leafstalks 2) bot (boi pln) the edible fleshy… … From formal English to slang
rhubarb — Any plant of the genus Rheum (family Polygonaceae), especially R. rhaponticum, garden r., and R. officinale or R. palmatum; the last two species or their hybrids, deprived of periderm tissues, dried, and powdered, are used for their astringent,… … Medical dictionary
Monk's rhubarb — Rhubarb Rhu barb, n. [F. rhubarbe, OF. rubarbe, rheubarbe, reubarbare, reobarbe, LL. rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum, Gr. ??? (and ??) rhubarb, from the river Rha (the Volga) on whose banks it grew. Originally, therefore, it was the barbarian… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
