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# hamster

«hamster» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small furry animal with short legs, a short tail and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hamster, hamsters)

### meaning for a pupil

A hamster is a small furry animal with short legs, a short tail and big cheek pouches, often kept as a pet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and lessons on pets, hamsters need a large cage with bedding, a wheel, fresh water, food (seeds, some vegetables) and gentle handling. They are nocturnal: they sleep in the day and are active at night. Hamsters store food in their cheek pouches. Syrian hamsters live alone; they fight other hamsters. Wash your hands after handling them.

### examples

- Our class hamster is called Biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/#x1)
- The hamster stuffed seeds into its cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/#x2)
- Hamsters run on wheels at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/#x3)
- Hold the hamster gently with both hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/#x4)
- Clean the hamster's cage every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/#x5)
- My hamster sleeps all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/#x6)
- A hamster is a rodent like a mouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/#x7)
- Wash your hands after holding the hamster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamster/#x8)

### note

Countable. Hamsters are rodents (like mice and guinea pigs). They usually live about 2 to 3 years. Spelled «hamster» (not «hampster»).

### In the corpora

- [Asking for a joke about something very specific, like your own hamster, pushes a bot away from the oldest jokes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/4-stories-jokes-and-riddles/7/)
- [Hamsters are awake at night and should not be woken up in the day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/13/)
- [A boy in Texas woke his hamster in the daytime by poking it; the startled hamster bit his finger hard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/6/)
- [Adult Syrian hamsters fight, sometimes badly, so each one lives alone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/10/)
- [A hamster wheel must be big enough for its back to stay straight, or it can hurt its spine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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