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# gimlet

«gimlet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small hand tool with a sharp, twisted point, used for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gimlet, gimlets)

### meaning for a pupil

A gimlet is a small hand tool with a sharp, twisted point, used for boring small holes in wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gimlet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a gimlet is used by a carpenter or a clever animal to make holes in wood

### examples

- The carpenter bored a hole with his gimlet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gimlet/#x1)
- I need a gimlet to start the screw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gimlet/#x2)
- The rabbit fetched a gimlet from the cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gimlet/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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