cockroach

«cockroach» in Mova's school dictionary: a large brown or black insect with long feelers that… — 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

noun (a cockroach, cockroaches); informal roach (USA)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cockroach is a large brown or black insect with long feelers that lives in warm, dirty places and can spread germs. tree →

2) (insult) Calling a person a cockroach is very rude and hateful. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons cockroaches are insects with six legs and a body in three parts, and they are very tough survivors. In everyday life and hygiene, they show a kitchen is not clean; food should be covered and crumbs cleared. Myth: they could survive anything — they are tough, but not unbeatable.

examples

• A cockroach ran across the kitchen floor. tree →
• Cockroaches like warm, dark places. tree →
• Clean up crumbs so you don't get cockroaches. tree →
• A cockroach has six legs and two long feelers. tree →
• Some cockroaches can fly. tree →
• The museum has giant hissing cockroaches. tree →

note

Plural «cockroaches». In the USA often shortened to «roach». Calling people «cockroaches» is hateful language and must never be used.

In the corpora

• A mouse wants crumbs, a cockroach wants dark damp corners, and a clothes moth's caterpillar wants your wool jumper.
• A cockroach can live for a while without its head, because it breathes through holes along its body, not through its mouth.

Trees and pragmatics

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