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# scimitar

noun (a scimitar, scimitars)

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

## Everyday

A scimitar is a sword with a curved blade that gets wider towards the end, used in the past in the Middle East, Persia, North Africa and Central Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scimitar/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history lessons and stories about the Crusades, Ottoman Turks or tales like the Arabian Nights, scimitars are the curved swords of warriors. It tells the reader about a setting in the past. Curved blades were good for slashing from horseback.

### Examples

- The warrior raised his shining scimitar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scimitar/#x1)
- A scimitar has a curved blade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scimitar/#x2)
- Pictures in the old book showed guards with scimitars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scimitar/#x3)
- The museum had a scimitar with a jewelled handle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scimitar/#x4)
- Riders on horseback used scimitars to slash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scimitar/#x5)
- In the story, the genie held a golden scimitar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scimitar/#x6)
- Swords and scimitars must never be played with; real blades are dangerous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scimitar/#x7)
- The executioner made Aladdin kneel down, bandaged his eyes, and raised his scimitar to strike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scimitar/#x8)

### Note

Say "SIM-i-tar" — the c is silent. Countable: scimitars. Myth trap: stories often show scimitars as huge and wide, but real ones were usually slim and light.

## On Mova

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