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# brimstone

«brimstone» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old word for sulphur, a yellow stone that burns with a…** — 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 (brimstones)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Brimstone is an old word for sulphur, a yellow stone that burns with a bad smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimstone/#m1)

2) (old use, in exclamations) «Brimstone and gall!» is an angry cry, like a curse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimstone/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales brimstone is the stuff of hell and fire; in exclamations it shows anger

### examples

- Old tales say the wicked place smells of brimstone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimstone/#x1)
- The yellow lumps of brimstone burned blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimstone/#x2)
- «Brimstone and gall!» cried the angry old man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimstone/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.503/)
- [Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.143/)
- [There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.460/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brimstone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimstone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.