vineyard

«vineyard» in Mova's school dictionary: a piece of land where grapevines are grown, usually to… — 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 vineyard, vineyards)

meaning for a pupil

1) A vineyard is a piece of land where grapevines are grown, usually to make wine. tree →

2) (Bible) In Jesus' parables, a vineyard is often a picture of God's people or the world, as in the parable of the workers in the vineyard. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, vineyards grow in sunny places such as France, Italy, California and South Australia. In religious education, several parables are set in a vineyard. Phrases: «work in the vineyard», «the workers in the vineyard», «a hillside vineyard».

examples

• Rows of grapes grew in the sunny vineyard. tree →
• We visited a vineyard on our holiday in France. tree →
• The workers picked grapes in the vineyard. tree →
• In the parable, every worker in the vineyard got the same pay. tree →
• South Australia has many famous vineyards. tree →
• Vineyards often grow on hillsides that face the sun. tree →
• Naboth's vineyard is an Old Testament story about greed. tree →
• The land stretched out, world-wide, with vineyards, forests and great cities. tree →

note

Countable. Pronunciation: VIN-yard (the «e» is silent). Related: vine, vintage, wine.

In the corpora

• In the workers in the vineyard, workers hired late in the day were paid the same as those hired early.
• And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.
• In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
• Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.
• And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying: 'Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

Trees and pragmatics

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