sloe

«sloe» in Mova's school dictionary: a small, round, dark blue-black fruit of the blackthorn… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a sloe, sloes)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sloe is a small, round, dark blue-black fruit of the blackthorn bush, very sour when raw. tree →

2) The blackthorn bush itself is sometimes called a sloe. tree →

sense in the lessons

Sloes grow wild in hedges in Britain and Ireland and ripen in autumn. People use them to make jam and sloe gin (a grown-up drink). In nature lessons, the blackthorn is one of the first hedges to flower white in spring. «Sloe-eyed» in old books means having dark, beautiful eyes.

examples

• We found sloes in the hedge on our autumn walk. tree →
• Sloes are too sour to eat straight from the bush. tree →
• The blackthorn has white flowers in spring and sloes in autumn. tree →
• Birds eat the sloes in winter. tree →
• Grandad makes sloe jelly every October. tree →
• The sloes looked like tiny dark plums. tree →
• "Now look at the sloe bush." tree →

note

Countable: one sloe, two sloes. Sounds the same as «slow» — a homophone; do not mix them up. Do not eat wild berries unless an adult says they are safe.

Trees and pragmatics

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