skabelon — meaning in English

English meaning

• template noun A pre-made pattern or shape used as a guide for making other objects.
• trope noun A recurring device, theme or cliché in storytelling — the plucky orphan, the last-minute dash to the airport.

Senses

skabelon is used for these senses in English:

• trope (art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.

template — full definition

1. noun A pre-made pattern or shape used as a guide for making other objects.
2. noun A ready-made document or file that provides a starting structure for others to fill in.

trope — full definition

1. noun A recurring device, theme or cliché in storytelling — the plucky orphan, the last-minute dash to the airport.
2. noun A figure of speech in which words are used in a non-literal way, such as metaphor or irony.

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