emerald

«emerald» in Mova's school dictionary: a bright green precious stone used in jewellery — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an emerald, emeralds; emerald — the colour); adjective (emerald)

meaning for a pupil

1) An emerald is a bright green precious stone used in jewellery. tree →

2) Emerald is a bright, rich green colour. tree →

3) The Emerald Isle is a nickname for Ireland, because of its green fields. tree →

4) Emerald City is the name of a famous imaginary city in the story of The Wizard of Oz. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, treasure, crowns and rings; in art and description, colours; in geography, Ireland's nickname; in science, gems and crystals; in The Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City.

examples

• The queen's ring had a huge emerald. tree →
• The sea was a sparkling emerald green. tree →
• Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. tree →
• Dorothy followed the road to the Emerald City. tree →
• Emeralds are mined in Colombia. tree →
• “That must be the Emerald City,” said Dorothy. tree →

note

Countable as a stone, uncountable as a colour. Uses «an emerald». It is the birthstone for May.

In the corpora

• Emeralds are green beryl, and the finest came from Colombia, where the Spanish took them from the 1500s.
• and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;
• And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.

Trees and pragmatics

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