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# pumpkin

noun (a pumpkin, pumpkins; pumpkin)

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

## Everyday

1. A pumpkin is a large, round, orange vegetable (really a fruit) with a thick skin, soft flesh and many seeds inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#m1)
2. Pumpkin is also the food made from it: pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#m2)
3. «Pumpkin» is a loving name some parents call a child. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#m3)

### In the lessons

In autumn pumpkins are carved into jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween; in the USA and Canada pumpkin pie is eaten at Thanksgiving; in Australia and New Zealand pumpkin is a common roast vegetable. In science pumpkins show how a plant grows from a seed into a fruit full of seeds. Phrases: «carve a pumpkin», «pumpkin pie», «pumpkin patch», «pumpkin seeds».

### Examples

- We carved a scary face into our pumpkin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#x1)
- Cinderella's fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a coach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#x2)
- Mum roasted pumpkin with the potatoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#x3)
- We went to a pumpkin patch to pick one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#x4)
- A pumpkin has lots of seeds inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#x5)
- Ask an adult to help when you cut a pumpkin; the knife is sharp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#x6)
- Goodnight, pumpkin! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#x7)
- "Run into the garden, and bring me a pumpkin." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pumpkin/#x8)

### Note

Countable (a pumpkin) and uncountable (some pumpkin, the food). Botanically a fruit, because it has seeds, but cooked like a vegetable. Use battery lights instead of candles inside pumpkins to stay safe.

## On Mova

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