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# turnspit

«turnspit» in Mova's school dictionary: **A servant, or a small dog, who turned a roasting spit…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (turnspits); old use

### meaning for a pupil

A servant, or a small dog, who turned a roasting spit over a kitchen fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turnspit/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a helper in an old kitchen who turns the meat

### examples

- The turnspit ran after the chariot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turnspit/#x1)
- The cook called the turnspit to turn the roast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turnspit/#x2)
- The turnspit was covered with mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turnspit/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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