beanbag

«beanbag» in Mova's school dictionary: A large soft bag filled with small plastic balls, used as… — 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 (a beanbag, beanbags)

meaning for a pupil

1) A large soft bag filled with small plastic balls, used as a comfy chair. tree →

2) A small cloth bag filled with dried beans or rice, used for throwing and catching in games. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, beanbags are in reading corners for comfy sitting, and small beanbags are used in PE for throwing, catching, balancing on your head and target games. In maths, beanbag-throwing games can count scores. Phrases: beanbag chair, beanbag toss.

examples

• I read my book on the big beanbag in the library. tree →
• In PE we balanced beanbags on our heads. tree →
• Throw the beanbag into the hoop to score five points. tree →
• The cat loves sleeping on the beanbag. tree →
• Our class got new beanbags for the reading corner. tree →
• He flopped down on the beanbag after school. tree →

note

Also written "bean bag" (two words). Countable. Safety: small beanbag balls can be dangerous for babies if a bag splits.

In the corpora

• Five years later they still call it «beanbag day» and share a biscuit on its anniversary.

Trees and pragmatics

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