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# flagon

«flagon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large jug or bottle for holding wine, ale or other drink** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (flagons)

### meaning for a pupil

A flagon is a large jug or bottle for holding wine, ale or other drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagon/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a big jug of wine, milk or mead set on the table at a feast

### examples

- The king poured wine from a silver flagon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagon/#x1)
- A flagon of milk stood on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagon/#x2)
- Fetch me a flagon of wine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagon/#x3)
- The servant carried two flagons to the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagon/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths; a flagon is a container, and the amount inside is not given by counting flagons

### Trees and pragmatics

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