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ambrosia
[ am-broh-zhuh ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. the food of the gods. Compare nectar ( def 3 ).
- something especially delicious to taste or smell.
- a fruit dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut and sometimes pineapple.
ambrosia
/ æmˈbrəʊzɪə /
noun
- classical myth the food of the gods, said to bestow immortality Compare nectar
- anything particularly delightful to taste or smell
- another name for beebread
- any of various herbaceous plants constituting the genus Ambrosia, mostly native to America but widely naturalized: family Asteraceae (composites). The genus includes the ragweeds
Notes
Derived Forms
- amˈbrosial, adjective
- amˈbrosially, adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of ambrosia1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ambrosia1
Example Sentences
Female ambrosia beetles venture out from nests to start families at new sites.
Gemstones make a fine addition to any home, but if you’re looking to really win over your friends, we recommend snagging some nectar and ambrosia.
If Tilda Swinton ate anything for five years straight, it would probably be ambrosia.
Start with the beets and horseradish crème fraiche, then move on to the Ambrosia burger, ending strong with the banana cream pie.
Like ambrosia from the gods, I suddenly realized that Nicotine is the most amazing legal substance of the twentieth century.
The gods themselves were fed on nectar and ambrosia, that they might not die like ordinary mortals.
This was long before the days of Dunbar's pollantin, Holbrook Curtis' ambrosia, adrenalin, and the modern vaccines.
Thatcher has filled me amply with expensive urban food in this sylvan retreat—nectar and ambrosia.
To Achilles, lamenting the death of Patroclus, she came with nectar and ambrosia, that his limbs might not grow faint with hunger.
Even the gods required water and food; they were immortal because they had drunk ambrosia and eaten from the plant of life.
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