stalagmite

«stalagmite» in Mova's school dictionary: a pointed column of rock that grows upwards from the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a stalagmite, stalagmites)

meaning for a pupil

A stalagmite is a pointed column of rock that grows upwards from the floor of a cave, made by drips of water full of dissolved minerals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons about caves and limestone; it is usually taught with «stalactite», which hangs down from the ceiling; when the two join they make a column; it grows extremely slowly.

examples

• A huge stalagmite rose from the cave floor. tree →
• Stalagmites grow upwards as water drips onto them. tree →
• It took thousands of years for the stalagmite to form. tree →
• Please don't touch the stalagmites — oils from your hands harm them. tree →
• The stalactite and the stalagmite met to make a column. tree →
• We drew stalagmites in our cave diagram. tree →

note

Memory trick: stalaGmites grow from the Ground; stalaCtites hang from the Ceiling (or «tites hold tight to the ceiling, mites might grow up»). Countable.

In the corpora

• Stalactites hang from cave roofs and stalagmites grow up from the floor, built from dripping water.

Trees and pragmatics

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