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траверса — meaning in English

traversa

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English meaning

  • sleeper noun Someone who is sleeping.

Senses

траверса is used for these senses in English:

  • crossbar Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor.
  • railroad tie (rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.
  • sleeper (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.

sleeper — full definition

  1. noun Someone who is sleeping.
  2. noun A spy or agent who lives an ordinary life in a community until activated for a mission.
  3. noun Something — a film, product, or competitor — that unexpectedly becomes a big success after being overlooked.
  4. noun (British) A wooden or concrete beam laid under railway tracks to support them; a railroad tie.
  5. noun A car that has been heavily modified for performance while still looking ordinary.

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