paperclip

«paperclip» in Mova's school dictionary: A small piece of bent wire used to hold sheets of paper… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a paperclip, paperclips)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small piece of bent wire used to hold sheets of paper together. tree →

2) (computers) The small clip symbol that means "attach a file", for example in an email. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday school life paperclips hold worksheets together. In science lessons they are used in magnet tests (a paperclip is attracted to a magnet because it is made of steel) and in circuits as simple switches. In maths they are used for measuring ("the pencil is 4 paperclips long") and for spinners. Phrase: clip together with a paperclip.

examples

• Put a paperclip on your homework sheets. tree →
• The magnet picked up ten paperclips. tree →
• My pencil is five paperclips long. tree →
• She bent a paperclip into a heart shape. tree →
• Click the paperclip to attach a photo to the email. tree →
• We made a switch for our circuit with a paperclip. tree →

note

Also written "paper clip" (two words). Countable: a paperclip, paperclips. Paperclips are attracted to magnets because they are steel (contains iron); plastic-coated ones still are. When measuring with paperclips, use the same size each time or the answer will not be fair.

In the corpora

• The smallest shrews weigh about as much as a paperclip or two, while an elephant weighs several tonnes, millions of times more.

Trees and pragmatics

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