prut — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
prut is used for these senses in English:
- bar A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- bar (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 1⁄4 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- bar (transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
- bar (transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.
- bar To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
- pole (historical) A unit of length, equal to a rod (1⁄4 chain or 5+1⁄2 yards).
- rod An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.
bar — full definition
- noun A place that sells alcoholic drinks to be consumed on the premises, or the counter inside it.
- noun A rigid piece of metal, wood, or similar material, much longer than it is wide.
- noun A block-shaped piece of a solid substance, especially soap or chocolate.
- noun Something that blocks or prevents progress; an obstacle.
- noun The legal profession, or the examination lawyers must pass to practise.
pole — full definition
- noun A long, slender piece of wood or metal used for support or construction.
- noun Either of the two points where the Earth's axis meets its surface, or a similar point on a magnet or field.
- noun A person from Poland.
- verb To push a boat forward using a pole.