bikini

«bikini» in Mova's school dictionary: A two-piece swimsuit for women and girls, with a top and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a bikini, bikinis)

meaning for a pupil

1) A two-piece swimsuit for women and girls, with a top and bottoms. tree →

2) Bikini Atoll, a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean where the USA tested nuclear bombs; the swimsuit was named after it. tree →

sense in the lessons

Everyday beach and swimming-pool word. In history lessons, Bikini Atoll is linked to nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s. Phrase: bikini top, bikini bottoms.

examples

• She wore a stripy bikini at the beach. tree →
• My sister packed two bikinis for the holiday. tree →
• I lost my bikini bottoms in the waves! tree →
• Some people prefer a one-piece swimsuit to a bikini. tree →
• Bikini Atoll is in the Marshall Islands. tree →
• Don't forget sun cream if you wear a bikini. tree →

note

Countable: bikinis. «Bikini bottoms» is plural, like trousers.

Trees and pragmatics

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