archaeologist

«archaeologist» in Mova's school dictionary: a scientist who studies how people lived long ago by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an archaeologist, archaeologists)

meaning for a pupil

An archaeologist is a scientist who studies how people lived long ago by digging up and examining old things they left behind, such as bones, tools, pots and buildings. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons archaeologists explain how we know about the Stone Age, Romans, Vikings and Egyptians: they dig carefully, record where each find was, and date it. Archaeologists study human remains and things people made; dinosaur bones are studied by palaeontologists instead. In stories, archaeologists explore tombs and lost cities.

examples

• The archaeologist found a Roman coin in the field. tree →
• Archaeologists dig very slowly with small trowels and brushes. tree →
• An archaeologist can tell how old a pot is. tree →
• Archaeologists found a Viking ship under the ground. tree →
• When I grow up I want to be an archaeologist. tree →
• The archaeologists marked every find on a map. tree →
• Archaeologists study ancient Egypt by looking at tombs. tree →

note

Spelling: UK «archaeologist» (with «ae»); US also «archeologist». Pronounced «ar-kee-OL-uh-jist». Trap: archaeologists do not dig up dinosaurs — that is palaeontology.

Trees and pragmatics

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