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# ambrosia

«ambrosia» in Mova's school dictionary: **the food of the gods, which kept them living for ever** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural in common use)

### meaning for a pupil

In Greek myth, ambrosia is the food of the gods, which kept them living for ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambrosia/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in myths, the gods ate ambrosia and drank nectar; in stories it is a magic food

### examples

- The gods feasted on ambrosia on Mount Olympus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambrosia/#x1)
- Nectar was the drink, and ambrosia the food of the gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ambrosia/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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