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# hornet

«hornet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large wasp with a powerful sting, often yellow and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hornet, hornets)

### meaning for a pupil

A hornet is a large wasp with a powerful sting, often yellow and brown or black. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science, hornets build paper nests and catch other insects. In safety lessons: keep away from nests and stay calm; people allergic to stings need help fast. «Stir up a hornet's nest» means cause a lot of trouble and anger.

### examples

- A hornet buzzed around the picnic table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornet/#x1)
- Hornets build nests made of chewed wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornet/#x2)
- Don't swat a hornet — walk away calmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornet/#x3)
- His question stirred up a hornet's nest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornet/#x4)
- The hornet's sting really hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornet/#x5)
- Asian hornets attack honeybees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornet/#x6)
- But the willow-wren sent down the hornet, with orders to settle beneath the fox’s tail, and sting with all his might. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornet/#x7)

### note

Countable. A hornet is a type of wasp, bigger than common wasps. «Hornet's nest» idiom = angry trouble.

### Trees and pragmatics

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