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# albatross

noun (an albatross, albatrosses)

«albatross» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An albatross is a very large seabird with long narrow wings that can glide over the ocean for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/#m1)
2. (figurative) An albatross (around your neck) is a problem or burden you cannot escape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/#m2)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons: albatrosses have the largest wingspans of any living bird and live over the Southern Ocean, near New Zealand and Australia. In literature, an old poem tells of a sailor punished for shooting an albatross, so it became a symbol of bad luck or guilt. In golf, an albatross is three under par on a hole.

### Examples

- The albatross can glide for hours without flapping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/#x1)
- An albatross has a wingspan over three metres. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/#x2)
- Albatrosses are found near New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/#x3)
- Plastic in the sea harms albatrosses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/#x4)
- That old debt is an albatross around his neck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/#x5)
- Albatrosses spend most of their lives at sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/#x6)

### Note

Plural: albatrosses. The «burden» meaning comes from a famous old poem. In golf: birdie = 1 under, eagle = 2 under, albatross = 3 under par.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «albatross» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«albatross» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/albatross.html) on Mova free.