lucifer

«lucifer» in Mova's school dictionary: an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (lucifers)

meaning for a pupil

(old use) A lucifer is an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough surface. Not the same as the name Lucifer, the devil. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, a lucifer-match sets a candle or curtain alight

examples

• She struck a lucifer and lit the candle. tree →
• He used a lucifer-match to light the lamp. tree →
• Be careful with a lucifer; it can set a curtain on fire. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

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