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# pollock

noun (a pollock, pollock or pollocks; Pollock — a name)

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

## Everyday

1. A sea fish of the North Atlantic, related to the cod, often eaten as fish fingers or fish and chips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollock/#m1)
2. (a name) Pollock is a surname; Jackson Pollock was an American painter famous for dripping and splashing paint on large canvases. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollock/#m2)

### In the lessons

In food lessons, pollock is a cheaper fish used in fish fingers and frozen fish; it is more plentiful than cod. In art lessons, Jackson Pollock's «drip paintings» are a style called action painting; pupils copy it with splashes of paint. Phrases: «Alaska pollock», «pollock fillets», «Jackson Pollock painting».

### Examples

- These fish fingers are made from pollock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollock/#x1)
- Pollock is a white fish like cod. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollock/#x2)
- Fishermen caught pollock off the coast of Ireland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollock/#x3)
- We made splashy pictures like Jackson Pollock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollock/#x4)
- Pollock's paintings look messy but he planned them carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollock/#x5)
- Mum grilled pollock with lemon for tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollock/#x6)

### Note

Plural usually «pollock» (like «fish»), sometimes «pollocks». Also spelled «pollack» for the fish. Trap: do not confuse with «bollocks», a rude UK swear word that sounds similar; «pollock» is a polite, normal word.

## On Mova

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