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# hickory

«hickory» in Mova's school dictionary: **A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (hickory, hickories)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#m1)

2) The very hard, strong wood of this tree, used for tool handles and drumsticks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#m2)

3) Smoke from hickory wood, used to flavour meat: hickory-smoked bacon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons in the USA and Canada hickory trees provide nuts for squirrels and people. In everyday life «hickory-smoked» appears on barbecue food. In nursery rhymes: «Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock». Phrases: hickory nuts, hickory-smoked, hickory stick.

### examples

- «Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x1)
- Squirrels love to eat hickory nuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x2)
- Axe handles are often made of hickory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x3)
- Dad's barbecue sauce has a hickory-smoked flavour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x4)
- Hickory wood is very hard and strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x5)
- The pioneers used hickory to make wagon wheels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x6)

### note

Plural: hickories. Uncountable when it means the wood (made of hickory). Pronounced HIK-uh-ree. Pecans are a kind of hickory nut.

### Trees and pragmatics

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