parsnip

«parsnip» in Mova's school dictionary: A long, pale cream root vegetable, shaped like a carrot… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a parsnip, parsnips)

meaning for a pupil

A long, pale cream root vegetable, shaped like a carrot, with a sweet taste when cooked. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking: roast parsnips with Sunday dinner or Christmas dinner (UK, Ireland). In science/gardening: a root vegetable grown underground; frost makes it sweeter. Old saying: «Fine words butter no parsnips» (talk alone does not get things done).

examples

• We had roast parsnips with our chicken. tree →
• A parsnip looks like a white carrot. tree →
• Grandad grows parsnips in his allotment. tree →
• Parsnips taste sweeter after a frost. tree →
• Fine words butter no parsnips. tree →
• Mum made parsnip soup. tree →
• The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips. tree →

note

Countable. Spelling: pars-nip. Trap: the wild parsnip plant's sap can burn skin in the sun — don't pick wild plants.

Trees and pragmatics

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