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# mastiff

«mastiff» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very large, strong dog with a short coat, a big head…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mastiff, mastiffs)

### meaning for a pupil

A very large, strong dog with a short coat, a big head and loose skin round the face, kept as a guard dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastiff/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Met in stories as a guard dog at gates, farms and castles, and in science lessons on dog breeds. The English Mastiff is one of the heaviest dog breeds.

### examples

- The mastiff guarded the farm gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastiff/#x1)
- A mastiff can weigh more than a grown man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastiff/#x2)
- The mastiff barked in a deep voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastiff/#x3)
- Despite its size, our neighbour's mastiff is very gentle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastiff/#x4)
- The castle was guarded by two mastiffs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastiff/#x5)
- The mastiff drooled on my shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastiff/#x6)
- And there lies my faithful mastiff at the threshold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mastiff/#x7)

### note

Plural: mastiffs. Breeds include the English Mastiff, Bullmastiff and Tibetan Mastiff.

### Trees and pragmatics

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