adjective · neutral
fresh
/frɛʃ/FRESH
Band 4-5speakingtask2
Recently made or obtained; not stale, preserved, or frozen.
Examples
“I prefer fresh tomatoes from the market.”
“We had fresh bread straight from the bakery.”
“Keep the herbs fresh by storing them in water.”
Band 8 sentence
“I always choose fresh ingredients because they preserve texture and flavour much better than frozen ones.”
Collocations
- fresh vegetables
- freshly baked
- keep fresh
Word family
fresh adjfreshly advfreshness n
Common mistakes
I bought new vegetables.→I bought fresh vegetables.
The fish is very freshly.→The fish is very fresh.
Say it for a higher band
5new→6recent→7+fresh
Synonyms
new
Easily confused
new
“She bought a new phone yesterday.”
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