jade
noun (jade, uncountable; a jade); adjective (jade — colour)
Everyday
- Jade is a hard green stone used to make jewellery and carvings. tree →
- Jade is also a green colour. tree →
- (old) A jade was a worn-out horse; jaded means tired and bored. tree →
- Jade is a girl's name. tree →
In the lessons
Science (rocks and minerals), history and art (Chinese jade carvings), colours, names.
Examples
- Grandma wears a jade bracelet. tree →
- The museum has old Chinese jade carvings. tree →
- She painted her room jade green. tree →
- Jade is a very hard stone. tree →
- My friend Jade sits next to me. tree →
- The jade statue shone in the light. tree →
- So the Devil gave him that sorry jade. tree →
Note
Uncountable as a stone. Adjective «jaded» (tired of something) comes from the old horse meaning.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «jade» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «jade» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/jade/