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# stalagmite

«stalagmite» in Mova's school dictionary: **a pointed column of rock that grows upwards from the…** — 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 stalagmite, stalagmites)

### meaning for a pupil

A stalagmite is a pointed column of rock that grows upwards from the floor of a cave, made by drips of water full of dissolved minerals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons about caves and limestone; it is usually taught with «stalactite», which hangs down from the ceiling; when the two join they make a column; it grows extremely slowly.

### examples

- A huge stalagmite rose from the cave floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x1)
- Stalagmites grow upwards as water drips onto them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x2)
- It took thousands of years for the stalagmite to form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x3)
- Please don't touch the stalagmites — oils from your hands harm them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x4)
- The stalactite and the stalagmite met to make a column. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x5)
- We drew stalagmites in our cave diagram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x6)

### note

Memory trick: stalaGmites grow from the Ground; stalaCtites hang from the Ceiling (or «tites hold tight to the ceiling, mites might grow up»). Countable.

### In the corpora

- [Stalactites hang from cave roofs and stalagmites grow up from the floor, built from dripping water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/55-coasts-and-caves/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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