hornet

«hornet» in Mova's school dictionary: a large wasp with a powerful sting, often yellow and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a hornet, hornets)

meaning for a pupil

A hornet is a large wasp with a powerful sting, often yellow and brown or black. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, hornets build paper nests and catch other insects. In safety lessons: keep away from nests and stay calm; people allergic to stings need help fast. «Stir up a hornet's nest» means cause a lot of trouble and anger.

examples

• A hornet buzzed around the picnic table. tree →
• Hornets build nests made of chewed wood. tree →
• Don't swat a hornet — walk away calmly. tree →
• His question stirred up a hornet's nest. tree →
• The hornet's sting really hurt. tree →
• Asian hornets attack honeybees. tree →
• But the willow-wren sent down the hornet, with orders to settle beneath the fox’s tail, and sting with all his might. tree →

note

Countable. A hornet is a type of wasp, bigger than common wasps. «Hornet's nest» idiom = angry trouble.

Trees and pragmatics

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