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# wholesome

«wholesome» in Mova's school dictionary: **good for your health: wholesome food like milk, bread and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more wholesome, most wholesome)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wholesome means good for your health: wholesome food like milk, bread and fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#m1)

2) Wholesome also means clean and good in mind or character: a wholesome story for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

describes food, air or stories that are good and healthy; in fairy tales a wholesome draught is fresh, clean air

### examples

- Porridge is a wholesome breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#x1)
- The children breathed the wholesome air of the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#x2)
- It was a wholesome tale with a happy ending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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