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# sprat

noun (sprats)

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

## Everyday

A sprat is a small sea fish, like a herring but smaller. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprat/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fables, a small fish that stands for something small and unimportant among bigger creatures

### Examples

- «I have many sprats,» said another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprat/#x1)
- The dolphins and the whales talked about the sprat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprat/#x2)

### Note

a count of fish: each sprat counts as one fish

## On Mova

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