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# snorkel

«snorkel» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short, bent tube that lets you breathe through your…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a snorkel, snorkels); verb (snorkel, snorkels, snorkelled / snorkeled, snorkelling / snorkeling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A snorkel is a short, bent tube that lets you breathe through your mouth while swimming face-down near the surface of the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snorkel/#m1)

2) To snorkel is to swim using a snorkel and a mask to look at fish and coral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snorkel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and holidays, children snorkel on beaches and reefs, such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. In science lessons, snorkelling is a way to observe sea life. In safety lessons, children learn to snorkel with an adult, in calm water, and never to go deep with a snorkel. Submarines also have snorkels for air. Phrases: «mask and snorkel», «go snorkelling».

### examples

- I wore a mask and snorkel to look at the fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snorkel/#x1)
- We went snorkelling on the reef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snorkel/#x2)
- Blow hard to clear water from your snorkel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snorkel/#x3)
- She snorkelled over a turtle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snorkel/#x4)
- A snorkel only works near the surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snorkel/#x5)
- Always snorkel with a buddy and an adult nearby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snorkel/#x6)

### note

Countable noun. Spelling: UK «snorkelled, snorkelling»; US «snorkeled, snorkeling». A snorkel is not the same as scuba gear, which has an air tank for diving deep.

### In the corpora

- [Elephants can swim and use the trunk as a snorkel, keeping only its tip above the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/10/)
- [Elephants swim well, using the trunk held above the water like a snorkel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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