Meccano set
- noun
- /mɪˈkɑːnoʊ sɛt/
- UK
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set de Meccano
- The Meccano set encouraged her interest in engineering and design.
Examples
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As a child, he loved building cranes and bridges with his Meccano set.
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I bought a Meccano set for my son.
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We spent rainy afternoons piecing together elaborate models from the Meccano set.
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The Meccano set includes various parts.
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He spent the afternoon building a model airplane with his new Meccano set.
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The children enjoyed creating different vehicles using the Meccano set they received for their birthday.
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With her Meccano set, she constructed a working drawbridge that amazed her friends.
Synonyms
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A brand of small colorful plastic bricks sold as building sets
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A toy or small object that children play with
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A box of small plastic bricks and parts for building models like cars or houses
A brand of toy set with metal strips, wheels and small parts for building working models
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a direct combination of 'Meccano' (a kit for constructing mechanical models) and 'set' (a group of related items), so a learner who knows both words can infer it means a set of Meccano parts for building models. This follows a common English noun+noun composition and is therefore immediately comprehensible to B1 learners familiar with the constituents.
Etymology
Meccano set may come from the idea of teaching 'mechanics' to children, and the brand name shortened that idea into a simple word. It is a kit of metal strips, plates, wheels and nuts and bolts that you join to build moving models, so the name now means a construction toy for making simple machines.