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# dominoes

«dominoes» in Mova's school dictionary: **small flat rectangular tiles, each with two halves marked…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun, plural of «domino» (domino, dominoes); «dominoes» also the name of the game

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dominoes are small flat rectangular tiles, each with two halves marked with spots from 0 to 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominoes/#m1)

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

3) Dominoes stood up in a row can be knocked over one after another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominoes/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons dominoes are used for counting spots, adding the two halves and finding number patterns. In science, a falling row of dominoes shows a chain reaction. «The domino effect» means one event causes the next and the next. Phrases: «play dominoes», «a set of dominoes», «the domino effect».

### examples

- We played dominoes after dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominoes/#x1)
- Line up the dominoes and push the first one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominoes/#x2)
- The dominoes fell one after another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominoes/#x3)
- This domino has three spots on one side and five on the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominoes/#x4)
- Add the spots on the domino to find the total. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominoes/#x5)
- A standard set has 28 dominoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominoes/#x6)
- One late bus caused a domino effect of late trains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominoes/#x7)

### note

Spelling: plural «dominoes» (with «e»). The game takes a singular verb: «Dominoes is my favourite game». In maths, a double-six set has 28 tiles; each tile shows two numbers from 0 to 6; the total of a tile is the sum of its halves.

### Trees and pragmatics

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