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# stalagmite

noun (a stalagmite, stalagmites)

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

## Everyday

A stalagmite is a pointed column of rock that grows upwards from the floor of a cave, made by drips of water full of dissolved minerals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#m1)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons about caves and limestone; it is usually taught with «stalactite», which hangs down from the ceiling; when the two join they make a column; it grows extremely slowly.

### Examples

- A huge stalagmite rose from the cave floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x1)
- Stalagmites grow upwards as water drips onto them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x2)
- It took thousands of years for the stalagmite to form. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x3)
- Please don't touch the stalagmites — oils from your hands harm them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x4)
- The stalactite and the stalagmite met to make a column. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x5)
- We drew stalagmites in our cave diagram. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stalagmite/#x6)

### Note

Memory trick: stalaGmites grow from the Ground; stalaCtites hang from the Ceiling (or «tites hold tight to the ceiling, mites might grow up»). Countable.

## On Mova

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