allotment

«allotment» in Mova's school dictionary: a small piece of land people rent to grow vegetables… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an allotment, allotments)

meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, Ireland, Australia) An allotment is a small piece of land people rent to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. tree →

2) (formal) An allotment is a share or amount of something given out. tree →

sense in the lessons

In UK everyday life many families keep an allotment to grow food. In nature and science lessons classes may visit an allotment. In formal and maths language, an allotment is a share: «an allotment of 5 hours».

examples

• Grandad grows potatoes on his allotment. tree →
• We picked strawberries at the allotment. tree →
• There is a waiting list for allotments in our town. tree →
• Each class got an allotment of time in the hall. tree →
• The allotment has a little shed. tree →
• Her allotment of tickets was four. tree →

note

Plural: allotments. Verb: allot. In the USA a similar plot is often called a «community garden plot».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «allotment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.