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# lobster

«lobster» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sea animal with a hard shell, ten legs and two big…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lobster, lobsters; plural sometimes lobster)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sea animal with a hard shell, ten legs and two big claws, related to crabs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/#m1)

2) Its meat, eaten as food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/#m2)

3) (informal) Someone badly sunburnt is "red as a lobster". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science: lobsters are crustaceans with an outer skeleton (exoskeleton). In everyday life: lobster is an expensive seafood. Phrases: lobster pot (a trap), red as a lobster.

### examples

- A lobster has two big claws for crushing food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/#x1)
- Fishermen catch lobsters in traps called lobster pots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/#x2)
- Live lobsters are usually dark green or blue, not red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/#x3)
- They had lobster for a special dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/#x4)
- After the beach, I was as red as a lobster! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/#x5)
- Lobsters grow by shedding their shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/#x6)

### note

Plural "lobsters", but fishermen may say "lobster" for many. Myth: lobsters are not red in the sea; most turn red only when cooked. A lobster has 10 legs (counting the claws), so in counting problems use 10.

### In the corpora

- [The Gryphon asks «Shall we try another figure of the Lobster Quadrille?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2/23/)
- [In the locker: «biscuits, potted lobster, sardines».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/30/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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