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# anchovy

noun (anchovies)

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

## Everyday

An anchovy is a small, thin, salty fish, often sold in tins or used on pizza. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchovy/#m1)

### In the lessons

in cooking tales, a small fish fried in hot oil with other fish

### Examples

- The cook fried the mullets and the anchovies in hot oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchovy/#x1)
- Anchovies taste very salty on a pizza. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchovy/#x2)
- Each anchovy in the tin is one fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anchovy/#x3)

### Note

each anchovy counts as one fish; the plural is anchovies

## On Mova

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