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# wellington

«wellington» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall rubber or plastic boot that keeps your feet dry in…** — 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 wellington, wellingtons; wellington boots; informal wellies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wellington is a tall rubber or plastic boot that keeps your feet dry in rain and mud; they usually come in pairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#m1)

2) Wellington (with a capital W) is the capital city of New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#m2)

3) The Duke of Wellington was a famous British general after whom the boots were named. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, children wear wellies for puddles, farms and gardening; Americans call them rain boots or rubber boots. In geography lessons, Wellington is at the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island and is famous for wind. Phrases: a pair of wellingtons, wellies, welly boots.

### examples

- Put on your wellingtons, it is muddy outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x1)
- I jumped in every puddle in my wellies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x2)
- My new wellingtons are green with frogs on them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x3)
- Farmers wear wellingtons in the fields. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x4)
- Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x5)
- Leave your wellies by the back door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x6)
- Wellington is known as a windy city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x7)
- Rain boots and wellingtons are the same thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wellington/#x8)

### note

Usually plural: a pair of wellingtons. Lower case for the boot, capital W for the city and the Duke. Wellington, not Auckland, is New Zealand's capital, a common trap.

### In the corpora

- [Picture a small church in Wellington: at the front stands a long wooden box covered in flowers, the coffin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/2/)
- [Vivid example: in Wellington, your big brother is about to screenshot his mate's private message and send it to the group.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/3/)
- [A boy in Wellington hears thunder and finds his dog shaking under the bed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/4/)
- [Example: a girl in Wellington builds a sandcastle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/9/)
- [Example: a girl in Wellington hears the earthquake drill alarm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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