yam

noun (yam, yams)

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

Everyday

A yam is a large root vegetable with brown skin and firm white or orange flesh, grown in warm countries and cooked like a potato. tree →

In the lessons

food in the tales; in stories a yam is often cooked in the ashes of a fire, as Uncle Remus does

Examples

Here Uncle Remus paused, and drew a two-pound yam out of the ashes. tree →
Then the old man blew the ashes from a smoking yam, and proceeded to remove the peeling. tree →

Note

a yam is one thing to count; a weight such as «two-pound» is a measure of how heavy it is, not a count of items, so compare it with other weights, not with numbers of things

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «yam» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«yam» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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