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# inlaid

«inlaid» in Mova's school dictionary: **Decorated by setting pieces of another material into the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (inlaid); past form of the verb inlay (inlay, inlays, inlaid, inlaying)

### meaning for a pupil

Decorated by setting pieces of another material into the surface, so that they show, such as gold or pearl set into wood or ivory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlaid/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

palaces, thrones and chests decorated with gold, pearls or gems

### examples

- The box was inlaid with gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlaid/#x1)
- The throne had gems inlaid in its arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlaid/#x2)
- The ivory table was inlaid with pearl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlaid/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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