snorkel
part of speech
noun (a snorkel, snorkels); verb (snorkel, snorkels, snorkelled / snorkeled, snorkelling / snorkeling)
meaning for a pupil
1) A snorkel is a short, bent tube that lets you breathe through your mouth while swimming face-down near the surface of the water. tree →
2) To snorkel is to swim using a snorkel and a mask to look at fish and coral. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and holidays, children snorkel on beaches and reefs, such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. In science lessons, snorkelling is a way to observe sea life. In safety lessons, children learn to snorkel with an adult, in calm water, and never to go deep with a snorkel. Submarines also have snorkels for air. Phrases: «mask and snorkel», «go snorkelling».
examples
- I wore a mask and snorkel to look at the fish. tree →
- We went snorkelling on the reef. tree →
- Blow hard to clear water from your snorkel. tree →
- She snorkelled over a turtle. tree →
- A snorkel only works near the surface. tree →
- Always snorkel with a buddy and an adult nearby. tree →
note
Countable noun. Spelling: UK «snorkelled, snorkelling»; US «snorkeled, snorkeling». A snorkel is not the same as scuba gear, which has an air tank for diving deep.
In the corpora
- Elephants can swim and use the trunk as a snorkel, keeping only its tip above the water.
- Elephants swim well, using the trunk held above the water like a snorkel.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «snorkel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.