awl

«awl» in Mova's school dictionary: a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (awls)

meaning for a pupil

An awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales a craftsman's or animal's tool for piercing leather.

examples

• He took an awl and heated it red-hot. tree →
• Mother badger pierced the buckskin with her sharp awl. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

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