lobster
part of speech
noun (a lobster, lobsters; plural sometimes lobster)
meaning for a pupil
1) A sea animal with a hard shell, ten legs and two big claws, related to crabs. tree →
2) Its meat, eaten as food. tree →
3) (informal) Someone badly sunburnt is "red as a lobster". tree →
sense in the lessons
In science: lobsters are crustaceans with an outer skeleton (exoskeleton). In everyday life: lobster is an expensive seafood. Phrases: lobster pot (a trap), red as a lobster.
examples
- A lobster has two big claws for crushing food. tree →
- Fishermen catch lobsters in traps called lobster pots. tree →
- Live lobsters are usually dark green or blue, not red. tree →
- They had lobster for a special dinner. tree →
- After the beach, I was as red as a lobster! tree →
- Lobsters grow by shedding their shells. tree →
note
Plural "lobsters", but fishermen may say "lobster" for many. Myth: lobsters are not red in the sea; most turn red only when cooked. A lobster has 10 legs (counting the claws), so in counting problems use 10.
In the corpora
- The Gryphon asks «Shall we try another figure of the Lobster Quadrille?
- In the locker: «biscuits, potted lobster, sardines».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lobster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.