flagstaff

«flagstaff» in Mova's school dictionary: flown; a flagpole — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a flagstaff, flagstaffs or flagstaves)

meaning for a pupil

A tall pole on which a flag is flown; a flagpole. tree →

sense in the lessons

Everyday: schools, castles, town halls and ships have flagstaffs. In The Wind in the Willows, Toad Hall has a flagstaff. Also Flagstaff, a city in Arizona, USA, where Pluto was discovered in 1930 (a name).

examples

• The flag fluttered on top of the flagstaff. tree →
• They raised the flag up the flagstaff every morning. tree →
• Toad Hall's flagstaff stood on the roof. tree →
• Lightning struck the tall flagstaff. tree →
• Pluto was discovered at an observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. tree →
• The flag was lowered to half-mast on the flagstaff. tree →

note

Same as «flagpole». A «staff» here is a pole or stick. «Half-mast» means the flag is lowered halfway, to show sadness when someone important has died.

Trees and pragmatics

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