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# tissue

«tissue» in Mova's school dictionary: **a soft, thin piece of paper used to blow or wipe your nose** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tissue, tissues; tissue, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tissue is a soft, thin piece of paper used to blow or wipe your nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#m1)

2) In biology, tissue is a group of similar cells that work together in a living thing, such as muscle tissue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#m2)

3) Tissue paper is very thin paper used for wrapping presents or crafts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and hygiene lessons: catch your cough or sneeze in a tissue, put it in the bin and wash your hands, so germs do not spread. In science: cells make tissues, tissues make organs (the heart, the skin). Phrases: a box of tissues, tissue paper, muscle tissue.

### examples

- Can I have a tissue? My nose is runny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#x1)
- Throw your used tissue in the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#x2)
- Catch it, bin it, kill it! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#x3)
- Muscle is a kind of tissue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#x4)
- We wrapped the present in tissue paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#x5)
- Mum always has tissues in her bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#x6)
- Plants have tissues too, like the ones that carry water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#x7)
- Cells join together to form tissue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tissue/#x8)

### note

Countable for paper hankies (two tissues); uncountable for body tissue and tissue paper. Pronounced TISH-oo or TISS-yoo. Some people say «Kleenex» (a brand name) for a tissue.

### In the corpora

- [Watercolour can sometimes be lifted with a tissue, and spills can be turned into clouds or water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/7/)
- [Picking your nose spreads germs and can cause nosebleeds, so you use a tissue and wash your hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/9/)
- [A runny nose is blown gently into a tissue, one side at a time, and the tissue goes in the bin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/10/)
- [Sneezes spray germs a long way, so you sneeze into a tissue or your elbow, not your hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/5/)
- [A used tissue goes in the bin straight away, and then you wash your hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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