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# tankard

«tankard» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large drinking mug, often made of metal, with a handle…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tankards)

### meaning for a pupil

A tankard is a large drinking mug, often made of metal, with a handle and sometimes a lid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tankard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a drinking vessel in old houses and inns; in stories a fine silver cup or mug is kept in the house for guests

### examples

- She poured the ale into the silver tankard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tankard/#x1)
- The king drank from a golden tankard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tankard/#x2)
- Bring the tankard to the table for the visitor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tankard/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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