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# wigwam

«wigwam» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tent of skins, bark or mats, round or cone-shaped, used…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (wigwams)

### meaning for a pupil

A wigwam is a tent of skins, bark or mats, round or cone-shaped, used as a home by some North American peoples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wigwam/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a home in stories of Native American peoples; the family sleeps in the wigwam

### examples

- The family sat round the fire in their wigwam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wigwam/#x1)
- Many wigwams stood by the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wigwam/#x2)
- The boy ran back to his wigwam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wigwam/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; a count of wigwams is just a count of homes

### Trees and pragmatics

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