turkey
part of speech
noun (a turkey, turkeys; Turkey — the country, now officially Türkiye); adjective-like use «cold turkey» (informal)
meaning for a pupil
1) A turkey is a large bird kept on farms, with a red wobbly piece of skin on its neck. tree →
2) Turkey is the meat of this bird, often eaten at Christmas or Thanksgiving. tree →
3) Turkey (with a capital T) is a country between Europe and Asia. tree →
4) (informal, US) A turkey is a failure, like a very bad film or show. tree →
5) «Go cold turkey» (informal) means to stop a habit suddenly and completely. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life turkey is a big family meal at Thanksgiving (USA, Canada) and Christmas (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand). In maths problems, a turkey's weight and cooking time are calculated. In geography, Turkey is a country. Phrases: «roast turkey», «talk turkey» (talk seriously).
examples
- We had roast turkey for Christmas dinner. tree →
- The turkey gobbled at the farmer. tree →
- Cook a turkey for 40 minutes for each kilogram. tree →
- A turkey sandwich is my favourite lunch. tree →
- Istanbul is the biggest city in Turkey. tree →
- That film was a real turkey; nobody liked it. tree →
- Dad gave up chocolate cold turkey. tree →
- He was much larger than a turkey. tree →
note
Plural: turkeys (not «turkies»). The country takes a capital letter. Safety: cook turkey thoroughly so the inside is not pink. In maths: weight × minutes per kilogram gives the cooking time.
In the corpora
- Constantinople is the old name of Istanbul in Turkey.
- The Kurds are a people of over 30 million without their own state, split mainly between Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria.
- The Ottoman Empire ended in 1922, and the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923.
- The first coins were made about 2,600 years ago in Lydia, a land in what is now Turkey.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «turkey» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.