icicle

«icicle» in Mova's school dictionary: A long, pointed piece of ice that hangs down, made when… — 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 icicle, icicles)

meaning for a pupil

A long, pointed piece of ice that hangs down, made when dripping water freezes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, icicles form when snow melts in the sun and the drips freeze again in cold air — a change of state. In winter safety, big icicles can fall and hurt people, so don't stand under them or knock them down from below; don't lick metal or eat icicles from roofs. Phrases: «icicles hanging from the roof».

examples

• Icicles hung from the edge of the roof. tree →
• The icicle dripped in the sunshine. tree →
• Don't stand under big icicles; they can fall. tree →
• The cave had icicles as long as my arm. tree →
• We saw icicles on the frozen waterfall. tree →
• Icicles form when water drips and freezes. tree →
• Just by stood a thorn-bush; it had neither leaf nor flower, for it was the cold winter time, and icicles hung on the branches. tree →

note

Countable: an icicle (vowel sound, so «an»). Spelling: i-c-i-c-l-e. Icicles from roofs may be dirty — don't eat them.

In the corpora

• Never stand under icicles or knock them down, because they are heavy and sharp.

Trees and pragmatics

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