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# nougat

«nougat» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sweet made of sugar or honey, egg whites and nuts…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (nougat — uncountable; a nougat, nougats)

### meaning for a pupil

A sweet made of sugar or honey, egg whites and nuts, either white and chewy or brown and crunchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nougat/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

An everyday food word: nougat is found in chocolate bars and sold at Christmas in many countries (French nougat from Montélimar, Italian torrone, Spanish turrón).

### examples

- Grandma brought back nougat from France. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nougat/#x1)
- This chocolate bar has a chewy nougat centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nougat/#x2)
- Nougat is sticky, so brush your teeth after eating it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nougat/#x3)
- The white nougat was full of almonds and pistachios. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nougat/#x4)
- We bought a slab of nougat at the Christmas market. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nougat/#x5)
- Too much nougat is bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nougat/#x6)

### note

Pronounced "NOO-gah" (UK/US) or "NUG-et" (UK, informal). Usually uncountable ("some nougat"); countable for single sweets. Not the same as "nugget" (a lump of gold or chicken).

### Trees and pragmatics

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