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# museum

noun (museum, museums)

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

## Everyday

1. A museum is a building where people go to look at old, rare or interesting things, like dinosaur bones, paintings or machines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#m1)
2. There are museums of history, art, science, natural history and even toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school maths: visitors, tickets, rooms; tickets × price give the cost; visitors on different days added. In everyday life and school: class trips to the museum, exhibits, guides. In science and history: fossils, mummies, old coins in museums. Phrases: «a museum of», «museum trip», «science museum», «natural history museum», «a museum piece» (something very old).

### Examples

- 120 people visited the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#x1)
- A ticket to the museum costs 6 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#x2)
- The museum has 8 rooms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#x3)
- The class went to the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#x4)
- We saw a dinosaur skeleton at the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#x5)
- Please don't touch the paintings in the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#x6)
- Entry to many museums in London is free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#x7)
- The science museum has a hands-on room for children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#x8)
- "That is most likely a museum of art," thought he, "and they have forgotten to take down the sign." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/museum/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a museum». Say «mew-ZEE-um». Maths: a place of the story; tickets × price give the cost. Trap: children's and adults' tickets often cost different amounts.

## In Jewish tradition

In school maths: visitors, tickets, rooms; tickets × price give the cost; visitors on different days added. In everyday life and school: class trips to the museum, exhibits, guides. In science and history: fossils, mummies, old coins in museums. Phrases: «a museum of», «museum trip», «science museum», «natural history museum», «a museum piece» (something very old).

### Examples

- A MSS. copy dated 1719, in the British Museum. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x1)
- I add here the full titles of the three Latin versions; they are all to be found in the British Museum Library. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x2)
- I add here the full titles of the three Latin versions ; they are all to be found in the British Museum Library. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/museum/#x3)

### Note

Countable: «a museum». Say «mew-ZEE-um». Maths: a place of the story; tickets × price give the cost. Trap: children's and adults' tickets often cost different amounts.

## On Mova

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