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# parapet

«parapet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (parapets)

### meaning for a pupil

A parapet is a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to stop people falling off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parapet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a bridge or castle wall where a creature rests a claw or a fox leans over; on a roof, a safety wall

### examples

- The monster rested a claw on the parapet of the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parapet/#x1)
- The fox leaned over the parapet and smiled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parapet/#x2)
- Stand back from the parapet on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parapet/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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