uitspansel — meaning in English

English meaning

• firmament noun The sky, especially thought of as a vast dome or vault overhead.
• heaven noun In many religions, the place where God, gods, or the blessed dead are believed to dwell.
• welkin noun (literary) The sky, seen as a dome over the earth.

Senses

uitspansel is used for these senses in English:

• firmament (usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
• heaven The sky, specifically:
• welkin (also, Lancashire) The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.

firmament — full definition

1. noun The sky, especially thought of as a vast dome or vault overhead.
2. noun A particular field or sphere of activity, used figuratively.

heaven — full definition

1. noun In many religions, the place where God, gods, or the blessed dead are believed to dwell.
2. noun A state or place of great happiness; paradise.
3. noun (Often plural, "the heavens") The sky.

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