olive
part of speech
noun (an olive, olives; olive, uncountable for colour/oil); adjective (olive — colour)
meaning for a pupil
1) An olive is a small oval fruit, green or black, with a stone inside, that grows on olive trees and is eaten or pressed for oil. tree →
2) Olive oil is the oil made from olives. tree →
3) Olive (or olive green) is a dull yellowish-green colour. tree →
4) An olive tree is the tree these fruits grow on. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography, olives grow in warm, dry places such as Greece, Italy and Spain. In stories and history, an olive branch is a sign of peace. Phrases: "olive oil", "olive branch" (an offer of peace), "olive skin".
examples
- I like olives on my pizza. tree →
- Cook the onions in olive oil. tree →
- Olive trees can live for hundreds of years. tree →
- She wore an olive-green coat. tree →
- He held out an olive branch and said sorry. tree →
- Green olives and black olives come from the same tree. tree →
- They pronounced the olives good, and fresh that year. tree →
note
Countable for fruits: two olives. Begins with a vowel sound: "an olive". Green olives are picked before they are ripe; black ones are riper. Olives are bitter straight from the tree and must be treated before eating.
In the corpora
- Greeks sailed in triremes, fast warships with three rows of oars, and traded olive oil, wine and pottery.
- The dove and the olive branch became symbols of peace and new beginnings.
- and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
- a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;
- And in the Sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
Trees and pragmatics
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