canyon

«canyon» in Mova's school dictionary: a deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, usually cut… — 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 canyon, canyons)

meaning for a pupil

A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, usually cut by a river over a very long time. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, canyons show how rivers erode rock over millions of years; the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA, is the most famous. In stories and westerns, canyons are places for adventure and echoes. Phrases: the Grand Canyon, deep canyon, canyon walls.

examples

• The Grand Canyon is in Arizona. tree →
• The river carved the canyon over millions of years. tree →
• We shouted and heard our echo in the canyon. tree →
• The canyon walls were red and orange. tree →
• Hikers walked down to the bottom of the canyon. tree →
• A canyon is deeper and narrower than most valleys. tree →
• Stay away from the edge of the canyon. tree →

note

Countable: a canyon, canyons. Spelling: c-a-n-y-o-n, from Spanish cañón. A gorge is similar; canyon is more used in North America. Safety: stay behind barriers at the edge and watch for flash floods in canyons.

In the corpora

• Over millions of years the Colorado River cut the Grand Canyon about 1.8 km deep.

Trees and pragmatics

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