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# cracker

«cracker» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thin, dry, crisp biscuit, often eaten with cheese** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cracker, crackers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A cracker is a thin, dry, crisp biscuit, often eaten with cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#m1)

2) A Christmas cracker is a paper tube that bangs when two people pull it, with a small gift inside (UK, Ireland, Australia). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#m2)

3) A firecracker is a small firework that bangs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a thing counted, eaten and shared among friends, often next to cakes; phrases: «cheese and crackers», «pull a cracker», «animal crackers»

### examples

- Matthew had 24 crackers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#x1)
- He gave equal numbers of crackers to his 3 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#x2)
- Each friend ate 5 crackers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#x3)
- How many crackers did he have left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#x4)
- I like crackers with cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#x5)
- We pulled crackers at the party and got paper hats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#x6)
- Animal crackers are shaped like animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#x7)
- Firecrackers are loud, so keep away from them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#x8)
- Bang! answered the Crackers, who were enjoying themselves immensely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cracker/#x9)

### note

Countable: a cracker, crackers. A thing counted. «gave equal numbers to friends» divides. Trap: crackers and cakes may be shared at the same time; keep them apart.

### Trees and pragmatics

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