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# cockroach

noun (a cockroach, cockroaches); informal roach (USA)

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

## Everyday

1. A cockroach is a large brown or black insect with long feelers that lives in warm, dirty places and can spread germs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockroach/#m1)
2. (insult) Calling a person a cockroach is very rude and hateful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockroach/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons cockroaches are insects with six legs and a body in three parts, and they are very tough survivors. In everyday life and hygiene, they show a kitchen is not clean; food should be covered and crumbs cleared. Myth: they could survive anything — they are tough, but not unbeatable.

### Examples

- A cockroach ran across the kitchen floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockroach/#x1)
- Cockroaches like warm, dark places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockroach/#x2)
- Clean up crumbs so you don't get cockroaches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockroach/#x3)
- A cockroach has six legs and two long feelers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockroach/#x4)
- Some cockroaches can fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockroach/#x5)
- The museum has giant hissing cockroaches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockroach/#x6)

### Note

Plural «cockroaches». In the USA often shortened to «roach». Calling people «cockroaches» is hateful language and must never be used.

## On Mova

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