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# clockwork

«clockwork» in Mova's school dictionary: **the set of springs and wheels inside a clock or toy that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Clockwork is the set of springs and wheels inside a clock or toy that makes it move when wound up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clockwork/#m1)

2) Clockwork means a toy that runs on such springs, not on batteries: a clockwork mouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clockwork/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a mechanical bird that sings like a real one; a toy that moves by springs

### examples

- The clockwork mouse ran across the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clockwork/#x1)
- Wind the clockwork toy to start it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clockwork/#x2)
- The clockwork bird sang waltzes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clockwork/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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