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# yogurt

«yogurt» in Mova's school dictionary: **A thick, slightly sour food made from milk that has had…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (yogurt, yogurts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A thick, slightly sour food made from milk that has had special helpful bacteria added to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yogurt/#m1)

2) (a yogurt) A small pot of this food: I had a strawberry yogurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yogurt/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A common food in lunchboxes and breakfasts; in science lessons it is an example of useful bacteria changing milk (fermentation). In maths, pots of yogurt are counted, priced and shared in word problems. Phrases: a pot of yogurt, plain yogurt, Greek yogurt, frozen yogurt, yogurt drink.

### examples

- I have a yogurt in my lunchbox every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yogurt/#x1)
- Plain yogurt tastes a bit sour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yogurt/#x2)
- Yogurt is made when good bacteria turn milk thick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yogurt/#x3)
- A pack of 4 yogurts costs 2 dollars, so each yogurt costs 50 cents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yogurt/#x4)
- Mum puts honey on Greek yogurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yogurt/#x5)
- Frozen yogurt is a cold treat like ice cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yogurt/#x6)
- Keep yogurt in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yogurt/#x7)

### note

Spelling: yogurt is most common; yoghurt is also used in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Uncountable for the food (some yogurt), countable for a pot (two yogurts). UK say YOG-urt (rhymes with "fog"), US say YOH-gurt.

### In the corpora

- [Bacteria turn milk into yogurt and cheese.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/77-fungi-bacteria-tiny-living-things/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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