cardigan

«cardigan» in Mova's school dictionary: a knitted jumper (sweater) that opens down the front and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a cardigan, cardigans)

meaning for a pupil

A cardigan is a knitted jumper (sweater) that opens down the front and does up with buttons or a zip. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories it is a warm piece of clothing, often worn by grandparents or as school uniform. Phrases: «put on your cardigan», «a school cardigan», «button up your cardigan».

examples

• Put on your cardigan; it's chilly. tree →
• My school cardigan is navy blue. tree →
• Gran knitted me a red cardigan. tree →
• A cardigan costs 18 pounds; how much do 3 cost? tree →
• He buttoned up his cardigan. tree →
• I left my cardigan on the bus. tree →

note

Countable. Informal UK short form: «cardi». Different from a jumper/sweater, which has no opening down the front. Named after a British earl, the Earl of Cardigan.

Trees and pragmatics

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