thimble

«thimble» in Mova's school dictionary: a small metal or plastic cap worn on the tip of your… — 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 thimble, thimbles)

meaning for a pupil

1) A thimble is a small metal or plastic cap worn on the tip of your finger to protect it when you push a needle through cloth while sewing. tree →

2) A thimble is also a tiny amount, as in "a thimbleful". tree →

sense in the lessons

In D and T and textiles lessons pupils use thimbles when hand-sewing. In stories and games, a thimble is a small treasure; in Monopoly it was a classic playing piece. In "Peter Pan", Wendy gives Peter a "thimble" when she means a kiss. Phrases: "a thimbleful of", "hunt the thimble" (an old party game).

examples

• Wear a thimble so the needle doesn't hurt your finger. tree →
• Grandma's silver thimble is very old. tree →
• I played as the thimble in Monopoly. tree →
• In Peter Pan, a kiss is called a thimble. tree →
• We played hunt the thimble at the party. tree →
• The doll drank from a cup no bigger than a thimble. tree →
• Add just a thimbleful of milk. tree →
• And tears dropped from her eyes on to her thimble. tree →

note

Countable. Ending -ble like "bubble", "tumble". A thimbleful is a very small measure, not an exact unit.

In the corpora

• The Dodo presents the thimble with "We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble", and they all cheer.

Trees and pragmatics

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