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# tuna

«tuna» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large, fast sea fish that swims in warm oceans** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a tuna, tuna or tunas; tuna, uncountable as food)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tuna is a large, fast sea fish that swims in warm oceans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuna/#m1)

2) Tuna is the meat of this fish, often sold in tins and used in sandwiches and salads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuna/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about oceans, tuna are strong swimmers and predators, eating smaller fish. In everyday life, «a tuna sandwich» or «tuna pasta» is a common lunch. In maths shopping problems, tins of tuna are counted and priced. Phrases: «a tin of tuna», «a can of tuna», «tuna salad», «tuna sandwich».

### examples

- I had a tuna sandwich for lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuna/#x1)
- Tuna can swim very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuna/#x2)
- Mum opened a tin of tuna for the pasta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuna/#x3)
- Dolphins sometimes swim near tuna. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuna/#x4)
- A can of tuna costs $2, so three cans cost $6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuna/#x5)
- Some tuna are bigger than a person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuna/#x6)
- We made tuna and sweetcorn salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuna/#x7)

### note

As food it is uncountable: «some tuna». For the fish, the plural is «tuna» or «tunas». Pronounced «TYOO-na» or «TOO-na». Watch out for sharp edges on opened tins.

### Trees and pragmatics

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