songbird

«songbird» in Mova's school dictionary: a small bird that sings tuneful songs, such as a robin… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a songbird, songbirds)

meaning for a pupil

1) A songbird is a small bird that sings tuneful songs, such as a robin, blackbird, thrush, nightingale or wren. tree →

2) (informal) A person, usually a woman, with a lovely singing voice is sometimes called a songbird. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons songbirds are a big group of perching birds; they sing to mark their territory and to find a mate, mostly in spring mornings (the «dawn chorus»). Gardeners put up feeders and nest boxes to help songbirds. In stories, songbirds show a happy, peaceful morning.

examples

• A songbird was singing on the fence at dawn. tree →
• Robins and blackbirds are songbirds. tree →
• We hung a feeder to help the songbirds in winter. tree →
• Male songbirds sing to say «this is my patch». tree →
• Cats catch many songbirds in gardens. tree →
• The concert star was called the nation's songbird. tree →
• The dawn chorus is lots of songbirds singing together. tree →

note

Countable, one word. Not every bird is a songbird: ducks, owls and eagles are not. Birds that sing are usually the males.

Trees and pragmatics

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