alp

«alp» in Mova's school dictionary: The great range of high mountains in Europe, across… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an alp, alps; the Alps — a name)

meaning for a pupil

1) (the Alps, a name) The great range of high mountains in Europe, across France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and others. tree →

2) A high mountain, especially a snowy one. tree →

3) In Switzerland, a high mountain meadow where cows graze in summer. tree →

sense in the lessons

Geography: the Alps include Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn; skiing, glaciers and mountain farming. History: Hannibal crossed the Alps with elephants. In stories it adds a sense of great height.

examples

• We went skiing in the Alps. tree →
• Mont Blanc is the highest peak in the Alps. tree →
• Hannibal crossed the Alps with elephants. tree →
• Cows graze on the alp in summer. tree →
• Snow lay on the alps all year. tree →
• Heidi lived with her grandfather in the Alps. tree →

note

Capital A for the mountain range: the Alps. Adjective: Alpine (alpine flowers). The Southern Alps are in New Zealand; the Australian Alps in Australia.

In the corpora

• Rome fought Hannibal of Carthage, who crossed the Alps with elephants, and won.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.