eraser

«eraser» in Mova's school dictionary: A small piece of rubber or plastic used to remove pencil… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an eraser, erasers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small piece of rubber or plastic used to remove pencil marks. tree →

2) A pad used to wipe a chalkboard or whiteboard clean. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school every pencil case has an eraser; in maths problems pupils buy pencils and erasers at prices to add up. Phrases: «a pencil with an eraser on the end», «a board eraser».

examples

• Can I borrow your eraser? I made a mistake. tree →
• My pencil has an eraser on the end. tree →
• The teacher cleaned the whiteboard with the eraser. tree →
• Erasers cost 50 cents each; 4 erasers cost $2. tree →
• Rub gently with the eraser so you don't tear the paper. tree →
• I lost my eraser again! tree →

note

«An eraser» (vowel sound). In the US and Canada «eraser» is the usual word; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand people usually say «a rubber» for the pencil one. Verb: erase.

In the corpora

• une gomme ("GOMM") is a rubber or eraser; chewing gum is un chewing-gum.

Trees and pragmatics

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