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# diaphragm

«diaphragm» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large, flat, dome-shaped muscle under your lungs that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (diaphragm, diaphragms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The diaphragm is a large, flat, dome-shaped muscle under your lungs that helps you breathe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diaphragm/#m1)

2) A diaphragm is a thin sheet or disc that moves or vibrates, such as in a microphone or speaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diaphragm/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on the body, the diaphragm moves down when you breathe in and up when you breathe out. Hiccups happen when the diaphragm jerks. In music, singers breathe «from the diaphragm». Phrases: «breathe from your diaphragm».

### examples

- The diaphragm helps the lungs fill with air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diaphragm/#x1)
- When you breathe in, your diaphragm moves down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diaphragm/#x2)
- Hiccups are sudden jumps of the diaphragm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diaphragm/#x3)
- Singers learn to breathe using their diaphragm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diaphragm/#x4)
- The diaphragm sits between the chest and the stomach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diaphragm/#x5)
- A microphone has a thin diaphragm that shakes when you speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diaphragm/#x6)

### note

Spelling trap: silent «g» — said «DY-a-fram». Countable: «a diaphragm». It separates the chest from the belly. Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [The diaphragm is a muscle under the lungs that helps us breathe in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/32-heart-blood-breathing/17/)
- [When the diaphragm tightens and moves down, the chest gets bigger and air flows into the lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/93-lungs-air-keeping-fit/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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