droplet

«droplet» in Mova's school dictionary: a very small drop of liquid — 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 (droplet, droplets)

meaning for a pupil

A droplet is a very small drop of liquid. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons clouds are made of tiny water droplets; dew forms droplets on grass; condensation makes droplets on a cold window. In health lessons coughs and sneezes spread germs in droplets, so pupils «catch it, bin it, kill it» and cover their mouths. Phrases: water droplets, tiny droplets, droplets of dew.

examples

• Clouds are made of tiny water droplets. tree →
• Droplets formed on the cold can. tree →
• Dew droplets sparkled on the grass. tree →
• Sneezes spread germs in droplets. tree →
• Cover your mouth when you cough to stop droplets. tree →
• Droplets of rain ran down the window. tree →

note

Countable noun. «-let» means small: droplet (small drop), piglet, booklet. When droplets join and get heavy, they fall as rain.

In the corpora

• Breathed-out air is warm and full of water vapour, which turns into tiny droplets of mist on cold glass.
• Breath is warm and carries water vapour, which turns into tiny droplets you can see as a cloud in cold air.
• You see your breath on a frosty morning because the warm vapour in it condenses into tiny droplets in the cold air.
• Shake a bottle of salad dressing and the oil breaks into tiny droplets for a while, but the droplets soon join up again.
• Shaking breaks oil into small droplets, but they join up again unless something holds them apart.

Trees and pragmatics

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