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# horseshoes

«horseshoes» in Mova's school dictionary: **U-shaped metal plates nailed to the bottom of a horse's…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural of horseshoe (a horseshoe, horseshoes); also uncountable (the game)

### meaning for a pupil

1) U-shaped metal plates nailed to the bottom of a horse's hooves to protect them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseshoes/#m1)

2) (USA, Canada) horseshoes: a game in which players throw horseshoes at a metal stake in the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseshoes/#m2)

3) Something shaped like a U, such as a magnet; a horseshoe is a sign of good luck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseshoes/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and farm life, the blacksmith fits horseshoes. In maths: a horse has 4 legs so needs 4 horseshoes. In American summer camps and backyards, people play horseshoes. Phrases: play horseshoes, lucky horseshoe, horseshoe magnet.

### examples

- The blacksmith nailed new horseshoes on the pony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseshoes/#x1)
- A horse needs four horseshoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseshoes/#x2)
- How many horseshoes do 5 horses need? Twenty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseshoes/#x3)
- We played horseshoes at the picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseshoes/#x4)
- A horseshoe hangs over the door for luck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseshoes/#x5)
- The horseshoe magnet picked up the pins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horseshoes/#x6)

### note

Plural of horseshoe. The game "horseshoes" takes a singular verb: "horseshoes is fun". Maths: 4 horseshoes per horse, so multiply horses by 4. A horseshoe for luck is a superstition, not a fact.

### In the corpora

- [A blacksmith fits one horseshoe on each hoof, so every horse needs 4 horseshoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/206-horseshoes/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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