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скоба — meaning in English

skoba

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English meaning

  • brace noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
  • braces noun A dental device of wires and brackets used to straighten teeth over time.
  • bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  • clamp noun A device used to hold or squeeze objects tightly together.
  • clinch verb To settle something definitely, or make a deal or victory certain.
  • clip noun A device used to fasten or hold things together.
  • staple noun A basic food or item that is used regularly and is essential to daily life.

Senses

скоба is used for these senses in English:

  • brace That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
  • braces (orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
  • bracket (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
  • bracket Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
  • clinch Any of several fastenings.
  • clip Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
  • holdfast Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
  • parenthesis Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).

brace — full definition

  1. noun A device or support that holds something firmly in place or steadies it.
  2. noun A pair of something, especially game birds or similar items.
  3. verb To prepare oneself for something difficult or unpleasant, such as an impact or shock.

braces — full definition

  1. noun A dental device of wires and brackets used to straighten teeth over time.
  2. noun Straps worn over the shoulders to hold up trousers; suspenders.

Related Bulgarian words