teal
part of speech
noun (teal, teals — the duck; plural often teal); noun (teal — the colour, uncountable); adjective (teal)
meaning for a pupil
1) Teal is a blue-green colour, darker than turquoise. tree →
2) A teal is a small wild duck; the males often have a green stripe on the head and wing. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life it is mostly a colour word for clothes, paint, school uniforms and art. In nature studies it names a small freshwater duck seen on ponds and marshes. Phrases: teal blue, dark teal, a flock of teal.
examples
- She wore a teal jumper to the party. tree →
- Teal is a mix of blue and green. tree →
- We painted the sea teal in our art lesson. tree →
- A pair of teal landed on the pond. tree →
- The teal is one of the smallest ducks in Britain. tree →
- My new pencil case is teal with silver stars. tree →
- Dark teal looks good on the classroom wall display. tree →
note
As a colour it is uncountable (a nice teal, but not usually teals). For the duck the plural is often the same: a flock of teal. Not to be confused with teel or with steal/steel.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «teal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.