plum

Everyday

1. A plum is a small round soft fruit with a smooth purple, red or yellow skin and a stone inside. tree →
2. Plum is a dark red-purple colour. tree →
3. A plum job is a very good one. tree →
4. A plum tree is a tree that grows plums. tree →

In the lessons

a fruit on the table; a counted thing («There are 15 plums in a bowl»); in everyday life plum jam, plum pie; in science the stone in a plum is its seed; dried plums are called prunes

Examples

• I add one plum on the table. tree →
• I eat three plums from the table. tree →
• There are 15 plums in a bowl. tree →
• This plum is sweet and juicy. tree →
• Be careful: a plum has a hard stone inside. tree →
• Grandma makes plum jam in summer. tree →
• A dried plum is called a prune. tree →
• She wore a plum-coloured scarf. tree →
• Hit's a blessin' de w'ite sow don't shake de plum-tree. tree →

Note

A fruit; counts in «how many fruits». No operation clue. Do not mix «plum» (fruit) with «plumb» (straight up and down, or a weight on a string): they sound the same. Do not swallow the stone.