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# stationery

«stationery» in Mova's school dictionary: **Things used for writing and office work, such as paper…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (stationery — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Things used for writing and office work, such as paper, envelopes, pens, pencils, rulers and rubbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/#m1)

2) Writing paper and matching envelopes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

At school, pupils need stationery: pens, pencils, rubbers (erasers), rulers, glue and exercise books. Shops sell it in the «stationery aisle». In maths, stationery appears in shopping problems: pens cost 50p each, find the total. Phrases: «school stationery», «stationery shop», «stationery cupboard».

### examples

- I bought new stationery for the start of term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/#x1)
- The stationery cupboard is full of paper and glue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/#x2)
- Pencils, rulers and rubbers are all stationery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/#x3)
- She loves cute stationery with animals on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/#x4)
- A pen costs £1 and a ruler 80p, so the stationery costs £1.80. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/#x5)
- The hotel room had stationery with its name printed on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/#x6)
- Our school gives every pupil a stationery pack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/#x7)

### note

Big trap: «stationery» with «-ery» means writing things (remember: e for envelopes); «stationary» with «-ary» means not moving (a stationary car). They sound the same. «Stationery» is uncountable: «some stationery», not «a stationery» or «stationeries».

### Trees and pragmatics

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