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# heartburn

noun (heartburn, uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Heartburn is a burning, painful feeling in the chest or throat, caused when acid from the stomach comes back up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#m1)
2. It often happens after eating too much, eating spicy or fatty food, or lying down right after a meal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health lessons it explains digestion: the problem is in the food pipe, not the heart. Adverts for indigestion tablets mention it. Phrases: «get heartburn», «suffer from heartburn», «heartburn tablets».

### Examples

- Dad got heartburn after the spicy curry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#x1)
- Heartburn has nothing to do with your heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#x2)
- Don't lie down straight after a big meal or you may get heartburn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#x3)
- Grandma takes a tablet for her heartburn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#x4)
- Heartburn feels like burning behind your chest bone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#x5)
- Eating slowly can help stop heartburn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#x6)
- The acid in your stomach causes heartburn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#x7)
- Pregnant women often get heartburn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartburn/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: «I have heartburn», not «a heartburn». Trap: despite the name, heartburn does not come from the heart. Chest pain in an adult can be serious, so always tell a grown-up.

## On Mova

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