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# droplet

«droplet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very small drop of liquid** — 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 (droplet, droplets)

### meaning for a pupil

A droplet is a very small drop of liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droplet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons clouds are made of tiny water droplets; dew forms droplets on grass; condensation makes droplets on a cold window. In health lessons coughs and sneezes spread germs in droplets, so pupils «catch it, bin it, kill it» and cover their mouths. Phrases: water droplets, tiny droplets, droplets of dew.

### examples

- Clouds are made of tiny water droplets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droplet/#x1)
- Droplets formed on the cold can. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droplet/#x2)
- Dew droplets sparkled on the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droplet/#x3)
- Sneezes spread germs in droplets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droplet/#x4)
- Cover your mouth when you cough to stop droplets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droplet/#x5)
- Droplets of rain ran down the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droplet/#x6)

### note

Countable noun. «-let» means small: droplet (small drop), piglet, booklet. When droplets join and get heavy, they fall as rain.

### In the corpora

- [Breathed-out air is warm and full of water vapour, which turns into tiny droplets of mist on cold glass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/7/)
- [Breath is warm and carries water vapour, which turns into tiny droplets you can see as a cloud in cold air.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts/9/)
- [You see your breath on a frosty morning because the warm vapour in it condenses into tiny droplets in the cold air.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing/9/)
- [Shake a bottle of salad dressing and the oil breaks into tiny droplets for a while, but the droplets soon join up again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/7-oil-and-water/2/)
- [Shaking breaks oil into small droplets, but they join up again unless something holds them apart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/7-oil-and-water/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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