postcard

«postcard» in Mova's school dictionary: a card, often with a picture on one side, that you write… — 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 postcard, postcards)

meaning for a pupil

1) A postcard is a card, often with a picture on one side, that you write a short message on and send by post without an envelope. tree →

2) A postcard can be any small picture card. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life people send postcards from holidays to family and friends. In English lessons pupils write a postcard: a short message, a greeting and the address. In maths, postcards are counted and priced: 3 postcards at 50p each cost £1.50.

examples

• We sent Nan a postcard from the beach. tree →
• The postcard had a picture of a koala. tree →
• Write a postcard telling a friend about your holiday. tree →
• Postcards cost 80 cents each. tree →
• I keep my postcards on the fridge. tree →
• Wish you were here! Love, Sam (on a postcard) tree →

note

Written as one word. Countable. Short messages, so postcards are usually informal and written in note style.

In the corpora

• Léa's postcard - "Je suis à Nice avec ma famille.

Trees and pragmatics

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