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# mascot

«mascot» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person, animal or object that a team, school or club…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mascot, mascots)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person, animal or object that a team, school or club keeps because it is believed to bring good luck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#m1)

2) A character, often a person in a big furry costume, that stands for a team, event, company or product and entertains people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#m2)

3) A small toy or figure kept for luck, for example in a car or a pencil case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and sport, football and school teams have mascots who dance on the pitch, and the Olympics and World Cup have official mascots. In schools, a class mascot (often a soft toy) goes home with a different child each weekend, who then writes about its adventures. In stories, a mascot can be a brave dog or a lucky cat on a ship. Phrases: team mascot, school mascot, class mascot, lucky mascot.

### examples

- Our team mascot is a giant bear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#x1)
- The school mascot is a lion called Leo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#x2)
- This weekend I took the class mascot home and wrote in its diary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#x3)
- The mascot waved to the crowd before the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#x4)
- Every Olympic Games has its own mascot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#x5)
- The ship's cat was the sailors' lucky mascot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#x6)
- She kept a little mascot in her pencil case for the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mascot/#x7)

### note

Countable: a mascot, mascots. Pronounced MASS-kot. Myth: a mascot does not really bring luck; it is a fun tradition and a team symbol.

### Trees and pragmatics

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