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Definition vanilla in American English

vanilla adjective

adjective
/vəˈnɪlə/
1

made from vanilla, or with vanilla added for flavor

Example

vanilla essence

Example

vanilla ice cream

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2

of the basic ordinary type, with no special features

Example

We will roll out a vanilla version of 2.2.

Example

The sample story and graphics are pretty vanilla, but they're just for illustration.

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Definition vanilla in American English