nougat

«nougat» in Mova's school dictionary: A sweet made of sugar or honey, egg whites and nuts… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (nougat — uncountable; a nougat, nougats)

meaning for a pupil

A sweet made of sugar or honey, egg whites and nuts, either white and chewy or brown and crunchy. tree →

sense in the lessons

An everyday food word: nougat is found in chocolate bars and sold at Christmas in many countries (French nougat from Montélimar, Italian torrone, Spanish turrón).

examples

• Grandma brought back nougat from France. tree →
• This chocolate bar has a chewy nougat centre. tree →
• Nougat is sticky, so brush your teeth after eating it. tree →
• The white nougat was full of almonds and pistachios. tree →
• We bought a slab of nougat at the Christmas market. tree →
• Too much nougat is bad for your teeth. tree →

note

Pronounced "NOO-gah" (UK/US) or "NUG-et" (UK, informal). Usually uncountable ("some nougat"); countable for single sweets. Not the same as "nugget" (a lump of gold or chicken).

Trees and pragmatics

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