graham

«graham» in Mova's school dictionary: a boy's or man's first name and a family name — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (graham flour; graham cracker — US); Graham (a name)

meaning for a pupil

1) Graham is a boy's or man's first name and a family name. tree →

2) (US) A graham cracker is a sweet, flat wholemeal biscuit; graham flour is wholemeal wheat flour. tree →

sense in the lessons

As a name it is written with a capital letter (Graham). In North American kitchens and camping: graham crackers are used in s'mores and pie bases. Phrases: graham cracker, graham flour.

examples

• My uncle's name is Graham. tree →
• We made s'mores with graham crackers and marshmallows. tree →
• Graham scored the winning goal. tree →
• The pie has a graham cracker crust. tree →
• Mr Graham is our new teacher. tree →
• Graham flour makes the bread brown. tree →

note

Mainly a name; capital letter when it names a person. Graham crackers are a US and Canadian food; in the UK a similar biscuit is a digestive. Pronounced GRAY-am (two syllables) or "gram".

In the corpora

• Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, which means he was given the official right to it as his invention.

Trees and pragmatics

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