ramrod

«ramrod» in Mova's school dictionary: a long, thin rod once used to push powder and shot down… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (ramrods in the plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) A ramrod is a long, thin rod once used to push powder and shot down the barrel of an old gun. tree →

2) «As straight as a ramrod» means very stiff and upright. tree →

sense in the lessons

in everyday talk, a stiff, straight way of standing or sitting

examples

• The soldier stood as straight as a ramrod. tree →
• Old guns were loaded with a ramrod. tree →
• Her back was straight as a ramrod. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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