antenna

«antenna» in Mova's school dictionary: One of two long, thin feelers on the head of an insect or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an antenna, antennae for insects; antennas for radio)

meaning for a pupil

1) One of two long, thin feelers on the head of an insect or shellfish, used to touch and smell. tree →

2) A metal rod or wire that sends or receives radio, TV or phone signals; an aerial. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: ants and butterflies use antennae to feel and smell. In technology: radio antennas, phone mast antennas. Phrases: a pair of antennae, TV antenna, satellite antenna.

examples

• The ant touched the crumb with its antennae. tree →
• A butterfly has two antennae on its head. tree →
• The radio antenna was on the roof. tree →
• Snails have feelers like antennae. tree →
• The phone has a hidden antenna inside. tree →
• Lobsters have very long antennae. tree →

note

Plurals differ: animals' feelers are "antennae" (an-TEN-ee); radio rods are usually "antennas". UK and Australia often call the TV one an "aerial".

In the corpora

• Spiders have eight legs and two body parts, and no antennae.
• Insects smell and feel with their antennae.

Trees and pragmatics

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