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# cinnamon

«cinnamon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sweet, warm-tasting brown spice made from the dried…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (cinnamon, uncountable); adjective (cinnamon-coloured)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cinnamon is a sweet, warm-tasting brown spice made from the dried bark of a tree, used in cakes, buns and drinks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinnamon/#m1)

2) Cinnamon is a light reddish-brown colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinnamon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking lessons and everyday life cinnamon goes into cinnamon rolls, apple pie, porridge and hot chocolate. In geography and history, it is a spice that once came from Sri Lanka and was traded across the world. Phrases: a cinnamon stick, ground cinnamon, cinnamon bun.

### examples

- Sprinkle some cinnamon on your porridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinnamon/#x1)
- Grandma's apple pie smells of cinnamon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinnamon/#x2)
- We bought cinnamon buns at the bakery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinnamon/#x3)
- Cinnamon comes from the bark of a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinnamon/#x4)
- Stir your drink with a cinnamon stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinnamon/#x5)
- The puppy had a soft cinnamon coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinnamon/#x6)
- I took them gratefully, and as we went from one island to another I laid in stores of cloves, cinnamon, and other spices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinnamon/#x7)

### note

Spelling: double «n» in the middle, single «m»: cin-na-mon. Uncountable. Do not eat a spoonful of dry cinnamon as a dare — it can make you choke.

### In the corpora

- [Swallowing a spoonful of a dry powder like cinnamon for a dare can make you choke and hurt your lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/26/)
- [I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.193/)
- [Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.60/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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