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adjective British English pronunciation: fresh /freʃ/ 
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adjectivefresh
comparativefresher
superlativefreshest
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  1. 1
    fresh food has been recently picked, caught, or prepared

    You can use fresh or tinned tomatoes for this recipe.

    Fresh salmon is much nicer than frozen.

    fresh from/out of:

    Our vegetables are fresh from the garden.

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    1. a.
      still good to eat because of being prepared or produced recently

      Cooked meat will keep fresh for several days in the fridge.

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  3. 3
    recently done, made, or experienced

    fresh footprints in the snow

    The details are still fresh in my mind.

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  4. 4
    [usually before noun] clearly new and different

    We need a completely fresh approach to the problem.

    The programme takes a fresh look at this difficult issue.

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    1. a.
      replacing or adding to a previous thing or amount

      The police made a fresh appeal for witnesses.

      I've put fresh towels in your room.

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  5. 5
    if something smells or tastes fresh, it smells or tastes pleasant and clean

    The air smelled clean and fresh after the smoky little hut.

    I like drinks with a fresh lemony flavour.

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  6. 6
    clean, bright, and attractive in appearance

    His cotton shirt looked crisp and fresh.

    her lovely fresh complexion

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    1. a.
      used about colours

      The walls were painted in a lovely fresh blue.

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  10. 10
    if someone is fresh from a particular place or situation, they have recently come from there
    fresh from/out of:

    He was just a kid, fresh out of law school.

    He came to Wimbledon fresh from his victory in the American Open.

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freshness

 British English pronunciation: freshness  noun [uncountable]

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