pollution

«pollution» in Mova's school dictionary: dirt, poison or waste in the air, water or land that… — 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 (pollution — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Pollution is dirt, poison or waste in the air, water or land that harms living things. tree →

2) The act of making things dirty and harmful. tree →

3) Unwanted noise or light: noise pollution, light pollution. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science and geography: air pollution from cars and factories, water pollution, plastic pollution in the oceans. Light pollution hides the stars at night. Lessons explain how to reduce pollution: recycle, walk, use less plastic.

examples

• Air pollution can make it hard to breathe. tree →
• Plastic pollution harms sea turtles. tree →
• Cities have more light pollution, so you see fewer stars. tree →
• We made posters about pollution. tree →
• The river was cleaned and the pollution went down. tree →
• Noise pollution from the airport keeps people awake. tree →
• Walking to school reduces pollution. tree →

note

Uncountable: "a lot of pollution", not "pollutions". Verb: pollute. Kinds: air, water, land, noise, light, plastic pollution.

In the corpora

• Saving food, water and energy and reusing bottles and bags means less land cleared and less pollution.
• Ginkgos are tough against pollution, so many cities plant them on streets.
• About a third of the world's soils are degraded by erosion, salt, pollution or overuse.
• The factories also filled the air with smoke and dirtied rivers, the start of the pollution problems we still deal with today.
• Pollution is putting harmful things into the environment.

Trees and pragmatics

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