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# wholesome

adjective (more wholesome, most wholesome)

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

## Everyday

1. Wholesome means good for your health: wholesome food like milk, bread and fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#m1)
2. Wholesome also means clean and good in mind or character: a wholesome story for children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#m2)

### In the lessons

describes food, air or stories that are good and healthy; in fairy tales a wholesome draught is fresh, clean air

### Examples

- Porridge is a wholesome breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#x1)
- The children breathed the wholesome air of the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#x2)
- It was a wholesome tale with a happy ending. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wholesome/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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