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# vegetarian

«vegetarian» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who does not eat meat or fish** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a vegetarian, vegetarians); adjective (a vegetarian meal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A vegetarian is a person who does not eat meat or fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/#m1)

2) Vegetarian food has no meat or fish in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health lessons, some families and pupils are vegetarian for reasons of health, animal care, religion or the environment. School menus often have a vegetarian option. Vegetarians may still eat eggs and dairy; vegans eat no animal products at all. In science, animals that eat only plants are «herbivores», not «vegetarians». Phrases: «vegetarian option», «a vegetarian diet», «go vegetarian».

### examples

- My best friend is vegetarian, so we made veggie burgers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/#x1)
- The school has a vegetarian lunch every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/#x2)
- Vegetarians do not eat meat or fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/#x3)
- Is this pizza vegetarian? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/#x4)
- My aunt went vegetarian to help animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/#x5)
- Beans and lentils give vegetarians protein. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/#x6)
- Out of 30 children, 6 chose the vegetarian meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vegetarian/#x7)

### note

Countable noun and adjective; one word. Short form: «veggie». Trap: a vegetarian is not a vegan; vegetarians often eat cheese, milk and eggs. For animals use «herbivore».

### In the corpora

- [People are vegetarian or vegan for health, belief or love of animals, so never try to make them eat meat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/226-compliments-and-respecting-differences/20/)
- [Vegetarians can get all their nutrients from beans, eggs, dairy, nuts, grains and vegetables.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/21-what-vitamins-do/13/)
- [Ahimsa means non-violence to all living things; it is why many Hindus are vegetarian.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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