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# horseflesh

«horseflesh» in Mova's school dictionary: **the meat of a horse, which some people eat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Horseflesh is the meat of a horse, which some people eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseflesh/#m1)

2) (old use) Horseflesh means horses in general, especially horses bought, sold or ridden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseflesh/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a poor family eats horseflesh, or a rich man buys horses at a fair; in lessons it names horses as animals for meat or trade

### examples

- Some people in France eat horseflesh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseflesh/#x1)
- The poor family had no meat but horseflesh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseflesh/#x2)
- The merchant bought much horseflesh at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseflesh/#x3)
- Horseflesh was cheap in that village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseflesh/#x4)
- How did he get so much horseflesh? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseflesh/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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