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# domino

«domino» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small flat rectangular tile with spots (0 to 6) on each…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a domino, dominoes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small flat rectangular tile with spots (0 to 6) on each half, used in a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#m1)

2) dominoes: the game played with these tiles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#m2)

3) domino effect: when one event causes a chain of other events, like a line of falling dominoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#m3)

4) A domino is also a loose hooded cloak worn with a mask at a masked party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, dominoes are used for counting, adding and pairs; in science and everyday life, toppling domino chains show chain reactions; in history and news, the «domino effect» describes one change leading to many; phrases: «play dominoes», «domino effect», «fall like dominoes».

### examples

- Grandpa and I play dominoes after tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#x1)
- We set up 500 dominoes and knocked them all down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#x2)
- Add the spots on each domino to find the total. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#x3)
- One late bus caused a domino effect, and everyone was late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#x4)
- A full domino set has 28 tiles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#x5)
- The dominoes fell one after the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#x6)
- Match the domino ends with the same number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#x7)
- The domino raised his mask, and it was George. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/domino/#x8)

### note

Plural: dominoes (with e). Maths: a double-six set has 28 dominoes, and the spots on the whole set add up to 168. The game name is plural: «Dominoes is fun».

### Trees and pragmatics

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