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# snack

«snack» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small amount of food eaten between meals** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, verb (snack, snacks, snacked, snacking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A snack is a small amount of food eaten between meals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#m1)

2) To snack is to eat a snack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: things counted or bought; snacks shared among children; sharing equally is division; snacks per child is a rate. Health: healthy snacks like fruit, nuts or yogurt; not too much sugar. Everyday: snack time, a snack bar, after-school snack.

### examples

- Each child gets 2 snacks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#x1)
- A snack costs $1.25. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#x2)
- She packed 24 snacks for 8 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#x3)
- How many snacks are left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#x4)
- An apple is a healthy snack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#x5)
- We have snack time at ten o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#x6)
- Try not to snack on sweets before dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#x7)
- The snack bar at the pool sells ice lollies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#x8)
- "My Father," begs the Prince, "there's an old fellow of mine here; please let him take a snack with us." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snack/#x9)

### note

Countable noun, regular verb. Sharing snacks equally is division; snacks per child is a rate. Trap: none.

### In the corpora

- [Small spends like coffees and snacks add up fast; managing money means knowing what comes in and what goes out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/7/)
- [Food adverts aimed at children have rules about what they can show; a snack does not make a show better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/16/)
- [Cinemas earn a big part of their money from snacks, because much of the ticket money goes to the film company.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/14/)
- [They taste nutty and crunchy, and for her they are just a normal snack.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries/1/)
- [But wild bugs from the garden are never a snack, because they can carry germs and poisons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/290-insects-as-food-in-other-countries/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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