heartburn
part of speech
noun (heartburn, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Heartburn is a burning, painful feeling in the chest or throat, caused when acid from the stomach comes back up. tree →
2) It often happens after eating too much, eating spicy or fatty food, or lying down right after a meal. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health lessons it explains digestion: the problem is in the food pipe, not the heart. Adverts for indigestion tablets mention it. Phrases: «get heartburn», «suffer from heartburn», «heartburn tablets».
examples
- Dad got heartburn after the spicy curry. tree →
- Heartburn has nothing to do with your heart. tree →
- Don't lie down straight after a big meal or you may get heartburn. tree →
- Grandma takes a tablet for her heartburn. tree →
- Heartburn feels like burning behind your chest bone. tree →
- Eating slowly can help stop heartburn. tree →
- The acid in your stomach causes heartburn. tree →
- Pregnant women often get heartburn. tree →
note
Uncountable: «I have heartburn», not «a heartburn». Trap: despite the name, heartburn does not come from the heart. Chest pain in an adult can be serious, so always tell a grown-up.
In the corpora
- Heartburn is when some stomach acid comes up into the food pipe.
- Dad takes an antacid tablet for heartburn: the alkali in it cancels some stomach acid and the burning eases.
Trees and pragmatics
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