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fresh

 
/freʃ/ adj [-er/-est only] (RECENTLY GROWN/COOKED)

Definition

(of food or flowers) recently picked, made, or cooked: fresh fruit/vegetables fresh-baked bread Elise is in the garden cutting some fresh flowers for the table. There’s a fresh pot of coffee on the stove. Fresh food is also food in a natural condition rather than artificially preserved by a process such as freezing.
(Definition of fresh adj (RECENTLY GROWN/COOKED) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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