lanyard

«lanyard» in Mova's school dictionary: a cord or strap worn round the neck to hold an ID card… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a lanyard, lanyards)

meaning for a pupil

1) A lanyard is a cord or strap worn round the neck to hold an ID card, keys or a whistle. tree →

2) (sailing) A lanyard is a short rope on a ship used for tying or holding things. tree →

sense in the lessons

School and work: staff and visitors wear lanyards with ID badges; PE teachers have whistles on lanyards. Sailing stories. It tells the reader who someone is or what they carry.

examples

• The teacher wore her ID badge on a lanyard. tree →
• Visitors must wear a red lanyard. tree →
• The coach's whistle hung on a lanyard. tree →
• Sailors tied the bucket with a lanyard. tree →
• I keep my house key on a lanyard. tree →
• Our school trip lanyards had our names on them. tree →

note

Plural: lanyards. Spelling: l-a-n-y-a-r-d.

Trees and pragmatics

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