cloth

«cloth» in Mova's school dictionary: material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (cloth — uncountable material; a cloth, cloths — a piece for cleaning)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cloth is material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for clothes, towels and curtains. tree →

2) A cloth is a piece of material used for cleaning or covering, like a dishcloth or a tablecloth. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: material with length or area, cut into pieces (pieces = length ÷ length per piece; cost = length × price per meter or yard); history and art: weaving, cotton and wool; everyday life: wipe the table with a cloth, a cloth bag; science: some cloth keeps you warm, some keeps you dry

examples

• She bought 5 meters of cloth. tree →
• Each dress needs 2 meters of cloth. tree →
• Cloth costs 4 dollars a yard. tree →
• Cut the cloth into 3 equal pieces. tree →
• Wipe the table with a damp cloth. tree →
• Mum put a clean cloth on the table. tree →
• Wool cloth keeps you warm. tree →
• The flag is made of cloth. tree →
• 'What cloth is that?' asked he. tree →

note

Length ÷ length per piece; cost = length × price. Trap: cuts and pieces differ by one (3 pieces need 2 cuts). «Cloth» is the material; «clothes» are things you wear.

In the corpora

• Fabric scissors are kept only for cloth, because cutting paper or card makes the blades blunt.
• A grown-up decides whether it needs a wash and a cool cloth, a doctor or an emergency call.
• The berry's colour molecules have stuck to the threads of the cloth: that is exactly what a dye does.
• Dyes dissolve and soak into things like cloth, paper or hair.
• Cloth (bù) beats stone, stone beats scissors, scissors beat cloth, the same as rock-paper-scissors.

Trees and pragmatics

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