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# motorbike

«motorbike» in Mova's school dictionary: **a heavy two-wheeled vehicle with an engine, like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (motorbike, motorbikes)

### meaning for a pupil

A motorbike is a heavy two-wheeled vehicle with an engine, like a bicycle with a motor. It is also called a motorcycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorbike/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a vehicle counted (2 wheels each), or one that travels at a speed: distance = speed × time. Safety: motorbike riders must wear helmets; motorbikes are fast and hard to see, so look carefully before crossing. Everyday life: a police motorbike, a delivery motorbike. Phrases: ride a motorbike, on a motorbike, motorbike helmet.

### examples

- There are 8 motorbikes in the car park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorbike/#x1)
- How many wheels do 6 motorbikes have? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorbike/#x2)
- A motorbike travels 60 km in an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorbike/#x3)
- The shop has cars and motorbikes, 50 wheels in all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorbike/#x4)
- My uncle rides a motorbike to work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorbike/#x5)
- You must wear a helmet on a motorbike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorbike/#x6)
- A loud motorbike roared down the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorbike/#x7)
- The pizza came on a delivery motorbike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorbike/#x8)

### note

Mostly UK, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English; in the USA «motorcycle» is more common. A counted thing with 2 wheels, or a mover with a speed. Trap: with cars (4 wheels) and motorbikes (2 wheels), count wheels per kind.

### In the corpora

- [A motorbike leans into bends to turn; motorbikes are fast and hard to see, so look twice before crossing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/25-bicycles-and-other-wheels/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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