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# wigwam

noun (wigwams)

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

## Everyday

A wigwam is a tent of skins, bark or mats, round or cone-shaped, used as a home by some North American peoples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wigwam/#m1)

### In the lessons

a home in stories of Native American peoples; the family sleeps in the wigwam

### Examples

- The family sat round the fire in their wigwam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wigwam/#x1)
- Many wigwams stood by the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wigwam/#x2)
- The boy ran back to his wigwam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wigwam/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a count of wigwams is just a count of homes

## On Mova

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