papyrus

«papyrus» in Mova's school dictionary: A tall water plant like a reed that grows by the River Nile — 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 (papyrus — uncountable; a papyrus, papyri or papyruses)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tall water plant like a reed that grows by the River Nile. tree →

2) A kind of paper made from this plant by the ancient Egyptians. tree →

3) An ancient document written on this paper. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons about Ancient Egypt, scribes wrote hieroglyphs on papyrus scrolls. The word «paper» comes from «papyrus». Many old Bible texts were found on papyrus. Phrases: «papyrus scroll», «written on papyrus».

examples

• The Egyptians wrote on papyrus. tree →
• Papyrus grows along the River Nile. tree →
• We made our own papyrus in class from strips of paper. tree →
• The scroll was rolled-up papyrus. tree →
• The word «paper» comes from papyrus. tree →
• Old pieces of the Bible were found on papyri. tree →
• A papyrus, which is supposed to be "of the age of the nineteenth dynasty, about B.C. 1300," has preserved an Egyptian tale about two brothers. tree →

note

Plural for documents: papyri (pa-PIE-rye) or papyruses. Uncountable for the material.

In the corpora

• That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters!

Trees and pragmatics

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