стъбло́ — meaning in English

English meaning

• beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
• rachis noun The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine.
• scape noun A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
• shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.
• stalk noun The stem of a plant, or a similar stem-like part.
• stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
• trunk verb To cut something short or reduce it drastically.

Senses

стъбло́ is used for these senses in English:

• beam (nautical) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
• bole The trunk or stem of a tree.
• rachis (ornithology) The central shaft of a feather. [from 19th c.]
• scape (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
• shaft The main axis of a feather.
• stem A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
• tree trunk (botany) The main structural member of a tree.
• trunk (software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.

beam — full definition

1. noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
2. noun A ray or narrow stream of light.
3. noun A wide, happy smile.
4. verb To smile broadly and happily.
5. verb To send out light, or to transmit signals or data wirelessly.

rachis — full definition

1. noun The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine.
2. noun An anatomical shaft or axis in a marine invertebrate.
3. noun The central shaft of a feather.
4. noun The axis of either a compound leaf, inflorescence, or fern frond.

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