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# thermometer

noun (thermometer, thermometers)

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

## Everyday

1. A thermometer is an instrument that measures temperature — how hot or cold something is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#m1)
2. A medical thermometer measures body temperature to check for a fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, pupils read thermometers in degrees Celsius (°C) (or Fahrenheit °F in the USA), measure water, air and ice, and draw line graphs of temperature over time; reading the scale between the marked lines is a maths skill. In everyday life and health, a normal body temperature is about 37 °C (98.6 °F); 38 °C or more is a fever. Kinds: liquid (alcohol) thermometers, digital thermometers, ear thermometers, oven and meat thermometers. Phrases: read the thermometer, the thermometer shows, digital thermometer.

### Examples

- The thermometer showed 25 °C in the classroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#x1)
- Mum used a thermometer to check if I had a fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#x2)
- Put the thermometer in the ice water and wait a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#x3)
- The red liquid in the thermometer rises when it gets warmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#x4)
- Water boils at 100 °C on the thermometer at sea level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#x5)
- Our class thermometer outside the window read minus 3 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#x6)
- Read the scale at eye level for an accurate reading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#x7)
- Then, when it was so cold that it could not manage to be any colder without breaking the thermometer, it stopped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thermometer/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: thermo-meter («thermo» = heat, «meter» = measure). Maths: count the steps between marked lines — if lines go 0, 10, 20 with 5 small marks between, each mark is 2 degrees. Negative numbers on a thermometer are below zero (freezing). Old mercury thermometers are dangerous if broken — tell an adult, do not touch.

## On Mova

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