pumpkin

Everyday

1. A pumpkin is a large, round, orange vegetable (really a fruit) with a thick skin, soft flesh and many seeds inside. tree →
2. Pumpkin is also the food made from it: pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie. tree →
3. «Pumpkin» is a loving name some parents call a child. tree →

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 →
• Cinderella's fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a coach. tree →
• Mum roasted pumpkin with the potatoes. tree →
• We went to a pumpkin patch to pick one. tree →
• A pumpkin has lots of seeds inside. tree →
• Ask an adult to help when you cut a pumpkin; the knife is sharp. tree →
• Goodnight, pumpkin! tree →
• "Run into the garden, and bring me a pumpkin." tree →

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.