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# frugal

adjective (frugal, more frugal, most frugal)

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

## Everyday

Frugal means spending little and making do with simple things; a frugal meal is small and plain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frugal/#m1)

### In the lessons

simple, thrifty; in tales a frugal meal is plain food, such as bread and water, eaten with little fuss

### Examples

- Grandma is frugal and never wastes food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frugal/#x1)
- They ate a frugal supper of bread and cheese. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frugal/#x2)
- He lived a frugal life in a small cottage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frugal/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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