villa

«villa» in Mova's school dictionary: a large, comfortable house, often with a garden, in the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a villa, villas)

meaning for a pupil

1) A villa is a large, comfortable house, often with a garden, in the country or by the sea, especially in a warm place. tree →

2) In history, a Roman villa was a big country house and farm owned by a rich Roman family. tree →

3) In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, a villa can be a house of a certain old style in a town. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons about the Romans in Britain, pupils study Roman villas with mosaic floors, central heating (hypocausts) and baths. In everyday life, families may rent a villa on holiday. Phrases: «Roman villa», «holiday villa», «a villa with a pool».

examples

• We stayed in a villa with a swimming pool. tree →
• The Roman villa had a beautiful mosaic floor. tree →
• Rich Romans lived in villas in the countryside. tree →
• The villa looked out over the sea. tree →
• Archaeologists found the remains of a villa under the field. tree →
• Our holiday villa had a lemon tree in the garden. tree →

note

Countable noun, plural villas. Double l. Do not confuse with «village» (a small group of houses) or «villain» (the bad character in a story).

In the corpora

• Vivid example: in a lounge in Auckland, Alfie watches young people in a villa shouting at each other.
• Zara built her school project, a Roman villa, in Minecraft and showed it on the class screen.
• Jamal from Birmingham says he is English, British, Black and a Villa fan, and yes, that is allowed.

Trees and pragmatics

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