dovecote

«dovecote» in Mova's school dictionary: a small house or box built high up, where pigeons or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (dovecote, dovecotes; also dovecot)

meaning for a pupil

A dovecote is a small house or box built high up, where pigeons or doves live and lay their eggs. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a dovecote is a home for birds on a farm or in a castle, often a place where a danger, like a hawk, comes in.

examples

• The pigeons flew back to the dovecote at dusk. tree →
• Grandad built a dovecote on the barn wall. tree →
• A fox crept round the dovecote looking for a meal. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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