cartilage

«cartilage» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong, bendy material in the body, softer than bone… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (cartilage, uncountable; a cartilage, cartilages)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cartilage is a strong, bendy material in the body, softer than bone, found in the ears, the end of the nose and between bones in joints. tree →

2) A cartilage is a piece of this material, especially in the knee. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the skeleton, cartilage covers the ends of bones at joints so they move smoothly without rubbing; babies' skeletons have more cartilage, which hardens into bone as they grow. Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, not bone. Phrases: torn cartilage, knee cartilage, cartilage in the ear.

examples

• Feel your ear: it bends because it is made of cartilage. tree →
• Cartilage protects the ends of bones in your joints. tree →
• Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, not bone. tree →
• The footballer tore a cartilage in his knee. tree →
• The tip of your nose is cartilage. tree →
• A baby's bones have lots of cartilage that turns into bone. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable. Pronounced "KAR-ti-lij". Adjective: cartilaginous (sharks and rays are cartilaginous fish). Cartilage is not the same as a ligament (holds bones together) or a tendon (joins muscle to bone).

In the corpora

• A shark's skeleton is made of cartilage, which is lighter and bendier than bone, so shark fossils are mostly teeth.
• Smooth cartilage and a slippery fluid let the ends of bones glide in a joint.
• A shark's skeleton is made of cartilage, the bendy material in our ears and nose, not bone.

Trees and pragmatics

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