porphyry

«porphyry» in Mova's school dictionary: a hard rock, usually dark red or purple with small spots… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (porphyry, no plural)

meaning for a pupil

Porphyry is a hard rock, usually dark red or purple with small spots, used to build fine palaces and to carve statues. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, a splendid staircase, castle or floor made of this stone

examples

• He climbed a huge staircase made of porphyry. tree →
• The castle was built out of porphyry with a golden roof. tree →
• The statue stood on a base of polished porphyry. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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