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# elm

«elm» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall tree with rough, oval leaves with jagged edges** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an elm, elms; elm, the wood)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An elm is a tall tree with rough, oval leaves with jagged edges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elm/#m1)

2) Elm is the hard wood from this tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elm/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons the elm is a common tree of Europe and North America; many elms died from a disease spread by beetles, so old elms are now rarer. In stories elms line old roads and village greens. Phrases: «an elm tree», «Dutch elm disease», «an avenue of elms».

### examples

- A tall elm stood beside the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elm/#x1)
- Elm leaves have jagged edges and uneven bases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elm/#x2)
- Many elm trees died from Dutch elm disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elm/#x3)
- The chair was made of elm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elm/#x4)
- Squirrels ran up the old elm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elm/#x5)
- We collected elm seeds, which are flat and round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elm/#x6)
- The street was once lined with elms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elm/#x7)

### note

Countable for the tree, uncountable for the wood. Starts with a vowel sound: «an elm». «Dutch elm disease» is caused by a fungus carried by beetles, not by anything from the Netherlands.

### Trees and pragmatics

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