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# carbuncle

«carbuncle» in Mova's school dictionary: **a dark red precious stone, a round-cut garnet** — 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 (carbuncles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carbuncle is a dark red precious stone, a round-cut garnet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbuncle/#m1)

2) A carbuncle is an old word for a painful boil under the skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbuncle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a carbuncle is a glowing jewel that lights up a dark room or cave; treasure chests hold carbuncles

### examples

- The prince found a glowing carbuncle in the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbuncle/#x1)
- The queen's necklace had a carbuncle that shone like torches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbuncle/#x2)
- Pirates loaded diamonds, rubies and carbuncles onto the ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbuncle/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.816/)
- [And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1194/)
- [And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1197/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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