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# somerset

«somerset» in Mova's school dictionary: **a county in the south-west of England, famous for farms…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Somerset)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Somerset is a county in the south-west of England, famous for farms, apples and cider, Cheddar cheese, the Somerset Levels and the city of Bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#m1)

2) «Somerset» is also used in place names in other countries, such as towns in Australia and the USA, and as a name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#m2)

3) It is sometimes confused with «somersault», a forward roll in the air, which sounds similar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#m3)

4) An old word for a somersault, a roll head over heels through the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In UK geography lessons it is a county with Glastonbury, Wells, Cheddar Gorge and the Somerset Levels, which flood in winter. Phrases: «in Somerset», «Somerset cider».

### examples

- Cheddar cheese first came from the village of Cheddar in Somerset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#x1)
- Glastonbury is in Somerset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#x2)
- The Somerset Levels often flood in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#x3)
- We went camping in Somerset and saw apple orchards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#x4)
- Somerset is in the south-west of England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#x5)
- Somerset House is a big building in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#x6)
- Whenever the bottom of the trunk cracked, he was in a great fright, for if the trunk fell to pieces he would have made a tremendous somerset over the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/somerset/#x7)

### note

Proper noun: always a capital S. Said «SUM-er-set». Not the same as «somersault» (a roll in the air), although they sound alike.

### Trees and pragmatics

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