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# kerchief

«kerchief» in Mova's school dictionary: **a square of cloth worn on the head or neck, or used to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (kerchief, kerchiefs)

### meaning for a pupil

A kerchief is a square of cloth worn on the head or neck, or used to wipe the face or to wave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerchief/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a cloth in fairy tales, often waved as a signal or laid over something; old use for a headscarf or handkerchief

### examples

- He waved his kerchief from the tower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerchief/#x1)
- She tied a red kerchief around her hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerchief/#x2)
- The embroidered kerchief lay on the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerchief/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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