hickory

«hickory» in Mova's school dictionary: A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (hickory, hickories)

meaning for a pupil

1) A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts. tree →

2) The very hard, strong wood of this tree, used for tool handles and drumsticks. tree →

3) Smoke from hickory wood, used to flavour meat: hickory-smoked bacon. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons in the USA and Canada hickory trees provide nuts for squirrels and people. In everyday life «hickory-smoked» appears on barbecue food. In nursery rhymes: «Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock». Phrases: hickory nuts, hickory-smoked, hickory stick.

examples

• «Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock.» tree →
• Squirrels love to eat hickory nuts. tree →
• Axe handles are often made of hickory. tree →
• Dad's barbecue sauce has a hickory-smoked flavour. tree →
• Hickory wood is very hard and strong. tree →
• The pioneers used hickory to make wagon wheels. tree →

note

Plural: hickories. Uncountable when it means the wood (made of hickory). Pronounced HIK-uh-ree. Pecans are a kind of hickory nut.

Trees and pragmatics

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