sprat

«sprat» in Mova's school dictionary: a small sea fish, like a herring but smaller — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (sprats)

meaning for a pupil

A sprat is a small sea fish, like a herring but smaller. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fables, a small fish that stands for something small and unimportant among bigger creatures

examples

• «I have many sprats,» said another. tree →
• The dolphins and the whales talked about the sprat. tree →

note

a count of fish: each sprat counts as one fish

Trees and pragmatics

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