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# maypole

«maypole» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall pole decorated with flowers and ribbons, which…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (maypole, maypoles)

### meaning for a pupil

A maypole is a tall pole decorated with flowers and ribbons, which people dance around on May Day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maypole/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a festive object in tales and village customs, often a symbol of spring and a place for dancing

### examples

- We danced round the maypole in the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maypole/#x1)
- The maypole was covered in bright ribbons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maypole/#x2)
- The children held the ribbons and skipped around the maypole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maypole/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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