muscat

«muscat» in Mova's school dictionary: the capital city of Oman, a country on the Arabian… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (Muscat — a city; muscat — a grape)

meaning for a pupil

1) Muscat is the capital city of Oman, a country on the Arabian Peninsula, on the Gulf of Oman. tree →

2) A muscat is a kind of sweet grape with a musky, flowery flavour, used for eating, raisins and sweet wine. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons Muscat is a historic port city and capital of Oman, once important for sea trade with India and East Africa. In food and farming muscat grapes are among the oldest grape varieties. Phrases: «Muscat, Oman», «muscat grapes».

examples

• Muscat is the capital of Oman. tree →
• The old forts of Muscat guard the harbour. tree →
• Muscat grapes taste sweet and flowery. tree →
• Dried muscat grapes make big juicy raisins. tree →
• Ships from Muscat sailed to India and Zanzibar. tree →
• We flew to Muscat on holiday. tree →

note

Capital «Muscat» for the city (a place name); small «muscat» for the grape. Said «MUS-kat». Do not confuse with «musket» (an old gun) or «muskrat».

Trees and pragmatics

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