chicle

«chicle» in Mova's school dictionary: A natural gum made from the milky sap of the sapodilla… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (chicle — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

A natural gum made from the milky sap of the sapodilla tree of Central America, used in the past to make chewing gum. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and geography lessons, the Maya and Aztec peoples chewed chicle long ago, and chewing gum companies in the USA later used it. Most modern gum is made from plastics-like synthetic gum instead. It links science (plant sap) to everyday life (gum).

examples

• Chicle comes from the sap of the sapodilla tree. tree →
• The ancient Maya chewed chicle. tree →
• Workers called chicleros collected chicle in the forest. tree →
• Early chewing gum was made from chicle. tree →
• Most gum today is not made from chicle. tree →
• We saw a photo of chicle being tapped from a tree. tree →

note

Uncountable: «some chicle». Said «CHIK-ul». It comes from a Nahuatl (Aztec) word. Do not confuse with «chuckle» or «tickle». The brand name «Chiclets» comes from it.

Trees and pragmatics

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