statue

«statue» in Mova's school dictionary: A model of a person or animal made of stone, metal or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a statue, statues)

meaning for a pupil

A model of a person or animal made of stone, metal or wood, usually life-size or bigger, often in a public place. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and art lessons, pupils learn about famous statues, like the Statue of Liberty in New York. In towns, statues remember important people. In playground games like "musical statues", players freeze like statues. Phrases: a statue of, stand like a statue, musical statues.

examples

• There is a statue of a famous writer in the park. tree →
• The Statue of Liberty is in New York. tree →
• We played musical statues at the party. tree →
• The bronze statue is shiny where people touch it. tree →
• The guard stood as still as a statue. tree →
• Ancient Greeks made marble statues. tree →
• Pigeons sat on the statue's head. tree →
• Then he saw the statue on the tall column. tree →

note

Countable: a statue, statues. Do not confuse with "statute" (a law) or "stature" (height or importance). "Statuette" is a small statue. Never climb on statues; they can be old and fall.

In the corpora

• Silver darkens, copper goes dull brown and then green, and bronze statues in the park grow green streaks.
• Climbing on statues, monuments and museum displays leads to falls on hard floors and damage that cannot be undone.
• On Kieran's school Minecraft server they build a whole city with a giant statue of their teacher.
• Ancient Greek and Roman statues were often painted in bright colours; scientists find traces of the paint with special lights and microscopes.
• Scientists find traces of paint on ancient Greek and Roman statues with special lights and microscopes.

Trees and pragmatics

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