carboniferous

«carboniferous» in Mova's school dictionary: The Carboniferous was a time in Earth's history, about… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Carboniferous, carboniferous); noun (the Carboniferous)

meaning for a pupil

1) The Carboniferous was a time in Earth's history, about 359 to 299 million years ago, when huge swamp forests grew and later turned into coal. tree →

2) Containing or producing coal. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and history-of-Earth lessons, the Carboniferous had giant insects, like dragonflies as big as seagulls, and forests of giant ferns. Coal mined in Britain and elsewhere formed from Carboniferous plants.

examples

• Coal formed from plants in the Carboniferous. tree →
• Giant dragonflies lived in the Carboniferous period. tree →
• The Carboniferous was before the dinosaurs. tree →
• These carboniferous rocks contain coal. tree →
• Forests of tree ferns grew in the Carboniferous. tree →
• Amphibians were common in the Carboniferous. tree →

note

As the name of a period, use a capital C. «Carbon-iferous» means «coal-bearing». It was long before the dinosaurs.

In the corpora

• Coal is squashed swamp forest, mostly from the Carboniferous period, about 360-300 million years ago.
• Coal formed mostly from swamp forests of the Carboniferous period, about 360-300 million years ago.

Trees and pragmatics

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