savannah

«savannah» in Mova's school dictionary: a large flat grassy land with few trees, in hot places… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a savannah, savannahs); also savanna; proper noun (Savannah) — a name and a city

meaning for a pupil

1) A savannah is a large flat grassy land with few trees, in hot places like Africa, where zebras and lions live. tree →

2) (a name) Savannah is a girl's name and a city in Georgia, USA. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons it is a biome with wet and dry seasons; food chains include grass, zebra, lion. Phrases: the African savannah.

examples

• Lions hunt on the savannah. tree →
• The savannah has dry seasons. tree →
• Zebras graze on the savannah. tree →
• Savannah is my sister's name. tree →
• We learned about the savannah biome. tree →
• Elephants walk across the savannah. tree →

note

Two spellings: savannah and savanna. Countable. As a name or city, capital S.

Trees and pragmatics

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