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# smoothie

noun (a smoothie, smoothies)

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

## Everyday

1. A thick cold drink made by blending fruit, often with yoghurt, milk or ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothie/#m1)
2. (informal) A man who is smooth, charming and confident, sometimes too much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothie/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and healthy-eating lessons a smoothie is a drink of blended fruit. In maths recipe problems, quantities are scaled: double the smoothie, double each fruit. Phrases: fruit smoothie, banana smoothie, make a smoothie.

### Examples

- I had a strawberry and banana smoothie for breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothie/#x1)
- We blended mango and yoghurt to make a smoothie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothie/#x2)
- A smoothie for 2 needs 1 banana, so for 6 you need 3. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothie/#x3)
- The café sells green smoothies with spinach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothie/#x4)
- Smoothies can have lots of sugar from fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothie/#x5)
- He's a real smoothie who charms all the teachers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smoothie/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a smoothie, smoothies. Also spelt smoothy (less common). A milkshake is made with milk or ice cream; a smoothie is mostly fruit.

## On Mova

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