menial

«menial» in Mova's school dictionary: dull, low and needs no special skill, such as cleaning… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (menial, more menial); noun (a menial, menials); old use as noun

meaning for a pupil

Of work that is dull, low and needs no special skill, such as cleaning and scrubbing; a servant who does such work. tree →

sense in the lessons

The "menial heroine" is the girl who does the dirty household jobs, as Cinderella does.

examples

• She had to do the menial work of the house every day. tree →
• Cleaning the grate was a menial task. tree →
• The king's menials swept the hall. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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