clockwork

«clockwork» in Mova's school dictionary: the set of springs and wheels inside a clock or toy that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural); adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Clockwork is the set of springs and wheels inside a clock or toy that makes it move when wound up. tree →

2) Clockwork means a toy that runs on such springs, not on batteries: a clockwork mouse. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a mechanical bird that sings like a real one; a toy that moves by springs

examples

• The clockwork mouse ran across the floor. tree →
• Wind the clockwork toy to start it. tree →
• The clockwork bird sang waltzes. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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