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# omelet

noun (omelet, omelets; British spelling «omelette», omelettes)

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

## Everyday

1. An omelet is eggs beaten up and cooked flat in a pan, often with cheese or herbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omelet/#m1)
2. (in stories) An omelet is a dish a hungry character cooks, sometimes with magic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omelet/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales Pinocchio tries to cook an omelet from eggs he finds, which shows how hungry and clumsy he is

### Examples

- Mum made a cheese omelet for lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omelet/#x1)
- Pinocchio wanted an omelet for his supper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omelet/#x2)
- Beat two eggs to make an omelet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/omelet/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths, unless a recipe counts the eggs: then the count of eggs is the number the recipe gives

## On Mova

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