vinegar

«vinegar» in Mova's school dictionary: a sour liquid made from wine, cider or malt, used to… — 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 (vinegar — uncountable; vinegars for kinds)

meaning for a pupil

Vinegar is a sour liquid made from wine, cider or malt, used to flavour food, to keep food (pickles) and for cleaning. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in cooking: salt and vinegar on chips, vinegar in salad dressing, pickled onions. In science: vinegar is an acid; mixed with bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) it fizzes and makes carbon dioxide (volcano experiment). Cleaning: vinegar removes limescale.

examples

• I like salt and vinegar on my chips. tree →
• Vinegar tastes sour. tree →
• Mix vinegar and baking soda to make a fizzing volcano. tree →
• Vinegar is an acid. tree →
• Gherkins are kept in vinegar. tree →
• Grandma cleans the windows with vinegar. tree →
• Turn the litmus paper red with vinegar. tree →
• Fred, I must pour out the vinegar, it is so heavy." tree →

note

Uncountable: "some vinegar". Safety: vinegar can sting your eyes; wear goggles in experiments. Pronounced "VIN-i-ger".

In the corpora

• Copper slowly reacts with air and goes dull brown; vinegar with a pinch of salt makes a dull coin shiny again.
• Vinegar is water with acetic acid in it, made by bacteria from wine or cider.
• Most germs cannot grow in acid, so pickles keep for months in vinegar.
• Add a splash of vinegar and it turns pink; add a pinch of baking soda and it turns blue-green.
• Beetroot juice stays red in vinegar and turns more purple-brown in alkali; not every plant colour changes the same way.

Trees and pragmatics

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