tabby

«tabby» in Mova's school dictionary: a cat with a striped, swirled or spotted coat, often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a tabby, tabbies); adjective (tabby)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tabby is a cat with a striped, swirled or spotted coat, often grey, brown or ginger, with an «M» shape on its forehead. tree →

2) Tabby describes this kind of striped pattern: «a tabby kitten». tree →

3) (old) A tabby can be a female cat. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories, tabby cats are very common pets, like Mog in the picture books. In science lessons on genetics and animals, children learn tabby is a coat pattern, not a breed. Phrases: «a tabby cat», «a ginger tabby», «a silver tabby».

examples

• Our tabby cat sleeps on the windowsill. tree →
• The tabby kitten had a white tip on its tail. tree →
• A ginger tabby followed us home. tree →
• Tabbies have an «M» shape on their foreheads. tree →
• Mog is a famous tabby in a picture book. tree →
• My tabby chases leaves in the garden. tree →

note

Countable; plural «tabbies». «Tabby» is a pattern, not a breed. Myth: all ginger cats are male — most are, but not all.

Trees and pragmatics

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