pewter

«pewter» in Mova's school dictionary: A soft grey metal, a mix of tin with lead or other… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural)

meaning for a pupil

A soft grey metal, a mix of tin with lead or other metals, used for plates, cups and toy soldiers. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a toy soldier is made of pewter and so cannot bend

examples

• The pewter soldier stood on the shelf. tree →
• The cup was made of pewter. tree →
• The old plate was dull grey pewter. tree →

note

nothing for maths; counting pewter soldiers is only counting.

Trees and pragmatics

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