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# cloth

«cloth» in Mova's school dictionary: **material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for…** — 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 (cloth — uncountable material; a cloth, cloths — a piece for cleaning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cloth is material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for clothes, towels and curtains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#m1)

2) A cloth is a piece of material used for cleaning or covering, like a dishcloth or a tablecloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

maths: material with length or area, cut into pieces (pieces = length ÷ length per piece; cost = length × price per meter or yard); history and art: weaving, cotton and wool; everyday life: wipe the table with a cloth, a cloth bag; science: some cloth keeps you warm, some keeps you dry

### examples

- She bought 5 meters of cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#x1)
- Each dress needs 2 meters of cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#x2)
- Cloth costs 4 dollars a yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#x3)
- Cut the cloth into 3 equal pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#x4)
- Wipe the table with a damp cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#x5)
- Mum put a clean cloth on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#x6)
- Wool cloth keeps you warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#x7)
- The flag is made of cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#x8)
- 'What cloth is that?' asked he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloth/#x9)

### note

Length ÷ length per piece; cost = length × price. Trap: cuts and pieces differ by one (3 pieces need 2 cuts). «Cloth» is the material; «clothes» are things you wear.

### In the corpora

- [Fabric scissors are kept only for cloth, because cutting paper or card makes the blades blunt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/15/)
- [A grown-up decides whether it needs a wash and a cool cloth, a doctor or an emergency call.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches/6/)
- [The berry's colour molecules have stuck to the threads of the cloth: that is exactly what a dye does.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/1/)
- [Dyes dissolve and soak into things like cloth, paper or hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/2/)
- [Cloth (bù) beats stone, stone beats scissors, scissors beat cloth, the same as rock-paper-scissors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/14-games-rock-paper-scissors-hide-and-seek/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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