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# noodle

«noodle» in Mova's school dictionary: **long, thin strips of dough made from flour, water and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a noodle, noodles; noodle, informal for head); verb (noodle around — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Noodles are long, thin strips of dough made from flour, water and sometimes egg, cooked in boiling water or soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#m1)

2) Informally, your noodle is your head or brain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#m2)

3) A pool noodle is a long, soft foam tube used to float in water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#m3)

4) Noodle can also mean a silly or foolish person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, noodles are eaten in many countries: ramen, udon, egg noodles, rice noodles, pasta. In swimming lessons, children use pool noodles to help them float. Phrases: "use your noodle" (think!), "instant noodles", "noodle soup".

### examples

- We had chicken noodle soup for lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#x1)
- I eat noodles with chopsticks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#x2)
- Instant noodles are ready in three minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#x3)
- Use your noodle and work it out! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#x4)
- She floated on a pool noodle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#x5)
- Rice noodles are made from rice flour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#x6)
- After all, their faces said, were they not noodles to want to go? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/noodle/#x7)

### note

Usually plural when talking about food: "noodles". A pool noodle helps but is not a life jacket. "Use your noodle" is playful slang.

### Trees and pragmatics

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