quicksilver

«quicksilver» in Mova's school dictionary: the old name for mercury, a heavy silver liquid metal… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural in use)

meaning for a pupil

1) Quicksilver is the old name for mercury, a heavy silver liquid metal that runs and rolls into little balls. tree →

2) In some tales «Quicksilver» is the name of a quick, clever character. tree →

sense in the lessons

in science, a silver liquid metal found in old thermometers; in fairy tales, a name for a swift character

examples

• The thermometer held a thin line of quicksilver. tree →
• Drops of quicksilver ran across the table. tree →
• In the old tale, Quicksilver was a swift and clever messenger. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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