On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Conkers. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Conkers meaning
A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.
Using Conkers
- The main meaning on this page is: A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.
Context around Conkers
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Conkers
- In this selection, "conkers" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, smaller, eat and gathered stand out and add context to how "conkers" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include can eat conkers you cannot and competition size conkers in and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "conkers" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with conkers
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Chestnuts you can eat – conkers you cannot. (7 words)
A game of conkers and singing of campfire songs. (9 words)
Conkers were in abundance in the bottom corner of the field. (11 words)
Mr Caring, 71, who grew up in Finchley, north London, said he delighted in climbing trees as a boy but when he went back to where he once gathered conkers, there were none to be seen. (36 words)
An ‘expert’ has written to us to explain “This year has been one of the best for the conker harvest and the storm brought down many competition size conkers in and around Wrexham. (33 words)
Smaller conkers are also more difficult to hit, which gives you an obvious advantage when you're defending rather than attacking. (21 words)
Example sentences (7)
Conkers have been around for years and even though they seem pretty harmless, they're actually dangerous for dogs.
A game of conkers and singing of campfire songs.
Conkers were in abundance in the bottom corner of the field.
Smaller conkers are also more difficult to hit, which gives you an obvious advantage when you're defending rather than attacking.
Chestnuts you can eat – conkers you cannot.
Mr Caring, 71, who grew up in Finchley, north London, said he delighted in climbing trees as a boy but when he went back to where he once gathered conkers, there were none to be seen.
An ‘expert’ has written to us to explain “This year has been one of the best for the conker harvest and the storm brought down many competition size conkers in and around Wrexham.