delicacy
part of speech
noun (a delicacy, delicacies)
meaning for a pupil
1) A delicacy is a special, unusual or expensive food that people think is very tasty. tree →
2) Delicacy is the quality of being fine, light or easily broken. tree →
3) Delicacy is care and tact in dealing with a difficult or embarrassing matter. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and food lessons, each country has delicacies: snails in France, haggis in Scotland, pavlova in Australia and NZ. In stories, a feast is full of delicacies; in The Wind in the Willows the picnic basket and the banquets are full of them. «A matter of some delicacy» means one to handle carefully.
examples
- Snails are a delicacy in France. tree →
- The picnic basket was full of delicacies. tree →
- Lace is admired for its delicacy. tree →
- She handled the argument with delicacy. tree →
- Fresh crab is a seaside delicacy. tree →
- The feast had delicacies from every land. tree →
- This last delicacy played a principal part in the salad. tree →
note
Countable for foods (delicacies); uncountable for fineness and tact. Adjective: delicate.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «delicacy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.