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# acorn

«acorn» in Mova's school dictionary: **the nut of an oak tree; it is smooth and oval and sits in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an acorn, acorns)

### meaning for a pupil

An acorn is the nut of an oak tree; it is smooth and oval and sits in a little rough cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons acorns show how a big oak tree grows from a small seed. Squirrels, jays and mice collect and bury acorns for winter. Children gather acorns in autumn for crafts and counting. Saying: Mighty oaks from little acorns grow, meaning big things start small.

### examples

- Squirrels bury acorns in the ground for winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/#x1)
- I found a shiny brown acorn in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/#x2)
- An oak tree grows from an acorn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/#x3)
- The acorn still had its little cup on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/#x4)
- We made tiny people out of acorns and pipe cleaners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/#x5)
- Acorns fall from oak trees in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/#x6)
- Don't eat raw acorns; they taste bitter and can upset your tummy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/#x7)
- We collected 12 acorns and gave away 5, so we had 7 left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/#x8)

### note

Countable noun; use an, not a: an acorn. Raw acorns are not good to eat for people and can make dogs and horses ill. An acorn is a seed (a nut), not a fruit you buy in shops. The cup is called the acorn cup.

### In the corpora

- [Collect conkers, acorns and pine cones for crafts, but never eat conkers or acorns, because they are poisonous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «acorn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acorn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.