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# flagstaff

noun (a flagstaff, flagstaffs or flagstaves)

«flagstaff» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A tall pole on which a flag is flown; a flagpole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagstaff/#m1)

### In the lessons

Everyday: schools, castles, town halls and ships have flagstaffs. In The Wind in the Willows, Toad Hall has a flagstaff. Also Flagstaff, a city in Arizona, USA, where Pluto was discovered in 1930 (a name).

### Examples

- The flag fluttered on top of the flagstaff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagstaff/#x1)
- They raised the flag up the flagstaff every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagstaff/#x2)
- Toad Hall's flagstaff stood on the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagstaff/#x3)
- Lightning struck the tall flagstaff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagstaff/#x4)
- Pluto was discovered at an observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagstaff/#x5)
- The flag was lowered to half-mast on the flagstaff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagstaff/#x6)

### Note

Same as «flagpole». A «staff» here is a pole or stick. «Half-mast» means the flag is lowered halfway, to show sadness when someone important has died.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flagstaff» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flagstaff/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flagstaff» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flagstaff.html) on Mova free.