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# hickory

noun (hickory, hickories)

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

## Everyday

1. A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#m1)
2. The very hard, strong wood of this tree, used for tool handles and drumsticks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#m2)
3. Smoke from hickory wood, used to flavour meat: hickory-smoked bacon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons in the USA and Canada hickory trees provide nuts for squirrels and people. In everyday life «hickory-smoked» appears on barbecue food. In nursery rhymes: «Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock». Phrases: hickory nuts, hickory-smoked, hickory stick.

### Examples

- «Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x1)
- Squirrels love to eat hickory nuts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x2)
- Axe handles are often made of hickory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x3)
- Dad's barbecue sauce has a hickory-smoked flavour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x4)
- Hickory wood is very hard and strong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x5)
- The pioneers used hickory to make wagon wheels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hickory/#x6)

### Note

Plural: hickories. Uncountable when it means the wood (made of hickory). Pronounced HIK-uh-ree. Pecans are a kind of hickory nut.

## On Mova

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