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# lego

«lego» in Mova's school dictionary: **a toy made of small plastic bricks that click together so…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, a brand name (Lego / LEGO, uncountable; a Lego brick, Lego bricks); used like a noun for the toy bricks

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lego is a toy made of small plastic bricks that click together so you can build things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#m1)

2) People also say «Lego» for one set or the pieces themselves, as in «a box of Lego». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday and play: children build houses, vehicles and robots with Lego; in school, Lego is used for counting, making arrays, symmetry, design-and-technology and simple robotics. Safety: tiny pieces can choke babies and toddlers, so keep them away from little ones; treading on Lego in bare feet really hurts. Phrases: «a Lego set», «Lego bricks», «build with Lego».

### examples

- I built a spaceship out of Lego. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#x1)
- Please put your Lego back in the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#x2)
- Ouch, I stepped on a Lego brick! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#x3)
- We used Lego bricks to show multiplication arrays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#x4)
- Keep small Lego pieces away from the baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#x5)
- My cousin got a big Lego set for his birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#x6)
- The Lego tower was taller than me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#x7)
- Our robotics club uses Lego motors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lego/#x8)

### note

It is a brand name, so the company writes it LEGO with capitals; people often write «Lego». In the UK people usually say «some Lego» (uncountable), in the US often «Legos» (countable). Small pieces are a choking hazard for children under three.

### In the corpora

- [Since 1958 LEGO bricks have used the same stud-and-tube fit, so very old bricks still click onto new ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/7/)
- [LEGO Masters is a real TV show where adult teams compete at building, and some adults design sets as their job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/15/)
- [Atoms rarely stay alone: they join up into groups called molecules, a bit like Lego bricks clicking together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/0/)
- [Big numbers in Mandarin are built like Lego.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/7-counting-to-a-hundred-lucky-numbers/0/)
- [Babies and toddlers put things in their mouths and can choke on coins, marbles, Lego and balloon pieces.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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