museum

«museum» in Mova's school dictionary: a building where people go to look at old, rare or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (museum, museums)

meaning for a pupil

1) A museum is a building where people go to look at old, rare or interesting things, like dinosaur bones, paintings or machines. tree →

2) There are museums of history, art, science, natural history and even toys. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths: visitors, tickets, rooms; tickets × price give the cost; visitors on different days added. In everyday life and school: class trips to the museum, exhibits, guides. In science and history: fossils, mummies, old coins in museums. Phrases: «a museum of», «museum trip», «science museum», «natural history museum», «a museum piece» (something very old).

examples

• 120 people visited the museum. tree →
• A ticket to the museum costs 6 dollars. tree →
• The museum has 8 rooms. tree →
• The class went to the museum. tree →
• We saw a dinosaur skeleton at the museum. tree →
• Please don't touch the paintings in the museum. tree →
• Entry to many museums in London is free. tree →
• The science museum has a hands-on room for children. tree →
• "That is most likely a museum of art," thought he, "and they have forgotten to take down the sign." tree →

note

Countable: «a museum». Say «mew-ZEE-um». Maths: a place of the story; tickets × price give the cost. Trap: children's and adults' tickets often cost different amounts.

In the corpora

• Bright camera flashes over years can fade delicate colours and annoy visitors; many museums allow photos without flash.
• Many national museums and galleries in Britain are free to enter, paid for by taxes and donations; some charge for special exhibitions.
• Think of a python in a museum skeleton: it looks like a long zip with a rib on each side of every tooth.
• Sunlight's ultraviolet rays break dye molecules apart, so curtains and posters fade near a window and museums keep the lights low.
• In a museum you do not touch exhibits unless signs say you can, because they can be old and fragile.

Trees and pragmatics

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