marshmallow

«marshmallow» in Mova's school dictionary: A soft, white or pink spongy sweet made from sugar and… — 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 (a marshmallow, marshmallows)

meaning for a pupil

1) A soft, white or pink spongy sweet made from sugar and gelatine. tree →

2) A plant called the marsh mallow, from whose root the sweet was first made long ago. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children toast marshmallows over a campfire or put them in hot chocolate. Safety: toasted marshmallows get very hot inside; let them cool, and keep sticks away from faces. In health, they are sugary treats for sometimes. Phrases: «toast marshmallows», «hot chocolate with marshmallows».

examples

• We toasted marshmallows on the campfire. tree →
• I like marshmallows in my hot chocolate. tree →
• Blow on a toasted marshmallow; it is very hot inside. tree →
• The marshmallow puffed up and turned golden. tree →
• Small children can choke on big marshmallows. tree →
• We built towers with marshmallows and spaghetti in science. tree →

note

Countable: marshmallows. Spelling: «mallow», not «mellow». In the USA, s'mores are toasted marshmallows with chocolate between biscuits (crackers).

In the corpora

• Burning marshmallow sticks to skin and burns badly.

Trees and pragmatics

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