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kas — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • greenhouse noun A glass or plastic-covered building used to grow plants by trapping heat and sunlight.
  • socket noun A hollow opening designed to hold or receive a matching part, such as an electrical plug or a light bulb.

Senses

kas is used for these senses in English:

  • greenhouse A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
  • socket (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.

greenhouse — full definition

  1. noun A glass or plastic-covered building used to grow plants by trapping heat and sunlight.
  2. noun Used in "greenhouse effect" or "greenhouse gas" to describe the trapping of heat in Earth's atmosphere.
  3. verb To grow or nurture something, especially plants, in protected conditions.

socket — full definition

  1. noun A hollow opening designed to hold or receive a matching part, such as an electrical plug or a light bulb.
  2. noun In computing, an endpoint used for sending and receiving data between programs over a network.

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