salmon

«salmon» in Mova's school dictionary: a large silver fish that lives in the sea but swims up… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a salmon, salmon; salmon); adjective (salmon — the colour)

meaning for a pupil

1) A salmon is a large silver fish that lives in the sea but swims up rivers to lay its eggs. tree →

2) Salmon is the pink flesh of this fish eaten as food. tree →

3) Salmon (or salmon pink) is an orange-pink colour. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons the salmon's life cycle is famous: born in a river, it grows up in the sea and swims back upstream, even jumping waterfalls, to lay eggs where it was born. In everyday life salmon is a healthy food with fats good for the brain. Phrases: «salmon run», «smoked salmon», «tinned salmon», «salmon pink».

examples

• Salmon swim up the river to lay their eggs. tree →
• Bears catch salmon as they jump up the waterfall. tree →
• We had grilled salmon for dinner. tree →
• Smoked salmon is good on toast. tree →
• The salmon's flesh is pink. tree →
• Her dress was salmon pink. tree →
• At this moment a fine salmon swam slowly up. tree →

note

The «l» is silent: SAM-un. Plural is usually the same: «one salmon, ten salmon». As food it is uncountable: «some salmon». Salmon is a fish, so it is an animal with gills, not a mammal.

In the corpora

• Brown bears, including grizzlies, catch salmon at waterfalls in autumn to build up fat before winter.
• Orca groups are led by old grandmothers who can live 80 or even 90 years and remember where salmon are in bad years.
• In autumn brown bears gather at rivers to catch salmon swimming upstream, fattening up for winter.
• Dietitians suggest eating oily fish, such as salmon or sardines, about once a week.
• Whales, salmon, wildebeest and some butterflies also migrate.

Trees and pragmatics

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