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# porphyry

«porphyry» in Mova's school dictionary: **a hard rock, usually dark red or purple with small spots…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (porphyry, no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Porphyry is a hard rock, usually dark red or purple with small spots, used to build fine palaces and to carve statues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porphyry/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a splendid staircase, castle or floor made of this stone

### examples

- He climbed a huge staircase made of porphyry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porphyry/#x1)
- The castle was built out of porphyry with a golden roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porphyry/#x2)
- The statue stood on a base of polished porphyry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/porphyry/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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