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# lucifer

«lucifer» in Mova's school dictionary: **an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lucifers)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A lucifer is an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough surface. Not the same as the name Lucifer, the devil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lucifer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a lucifer-match sets a candle or curtain alight

### examples

- She struck a lucifer and lit the candle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lucifer/#x1)
- He used a lucifer-match to light the lamp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lucifer/#x2)
- Be careful with a lucifer; it can set a curtain on fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lucifer/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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