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# alimentary

«alimentary» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with food and digestion** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (alimentary)

### meaning for a pupil

(science) To do with food and digestion. Used mostly in "alimentary canal". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alimentary/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Met in science lessons on the human body: the alimentary canal is the long tube from the mouth to the bottom, including the gullet, stomach and intestines, where food is digested. Phrases: alimentary canal.

### examples

- The alimentary canal starts at the mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alimentary/#x1)
- Food travels through the alimentary canal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alimentary/#x2)
- The stomach is part of the alimentary canal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alimentary/#x3)
- Draw and label the alimentary canal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alimentary/#x4)
- The alimentary canal is several metres long in an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alimentary/#x5)
- Digestion happens all along the alimentary canal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alimentary/#x6)

### note

Scientific word; another name is the digestive tract or gut. Do not confuse with "elementary" (simple, basic) — they sound alike.

### Trees and pragmatics

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