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# flannel

«flannel» in Mova's school dictionary: **a soft woollen cloth, often used to wash the face** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (flannels)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A flannel is a soft woollen cloth, often used to wash the face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flannel/#m1)

2) (old use) Flannels are soft woollen underclothes worn next to the skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flannel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, flannels are warm woollen underclothes that a child is told to change

### examples

- Wash your face with a warm flannel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flannel/#x1)
- Remember to change your flannels, Peter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flannel/#x2)
- Her flannels were soft and warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flannel/#x3)
- Mum packed clean flannels for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flannel/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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