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# paperclip

«paperclip» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small piece of bent wire used to hold sheets of paper…** — 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 (a paperclip, paperclips)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small piece of bent wire used to hold sheets of paper together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperclip/#m1)

2) (computers) The small clip symbol that means "attach a file", for example in an email. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperclip/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday school life paperclips hold worksheets together. In science lessons they are used in magnet tests (a paperclip is attracted to a magnet because it is made of steel) and in circuits as simple switches. In maths they are used for measuring ("the pencil is 4 paperclips long") and for spinners. Phrase: clip together with a paperclip.

### examples

- Put a paperclip on your homework sheets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperclip/#x1)
- The magnet picked up ten paperclips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperclip/#x2)
- My pencil is five paperclips long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperclip/#x3)
- She bent a paperclip into a heart shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperclip/#x4)
- Click the paperclip to attach a photo to the email. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperclip/#x5)
- We made a switch for our circuit with a paperclip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperclip/#x6)

### note

Also written "paper clip" (two words). Countable: a paperclip, paperclips. Paperclips are attracted to magnets because they are steel (contains iron); plastic-coated ones still are. When measuring with paperclips, use the same size each time or the answer will not be fair.

### In the corpora

- [The smallest shrews weigh about as much as a paperclip or two, while an elephant weighs several tonnes, millions of times more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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