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heitin — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • caster noun A small swivelling wheel fixed to the underside of furniture or equipment so it can roll.
  • launcher noun A device or piece of equipment used to launch something, such as a rocket or missile.
  • mortar noun A paste of sand, water and cement or lime used to bond bricks or stones together.
  • trap noun A device designed to catch or kill an animal.

Senses

heitin is used for these senses in English:

  • caster Someone or something that casts.
  • launcher One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.
  • mortar (countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]
  • trap Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.

caster — full definition

  1. noun A small swivelling wheel fixed to the underside of furniture or equipment so it can roll.
  2. noun A small container with a perforated top for sprinkling sugar, salt, or other condiments.
  3. noun Someone or something that casts, in the sense of throwing or shaping.

launcher — full definition

  1. noun A device or piece of equipment used to launch something, such as a rocket or missile.
  2. noun A computer program used to start other programs, often shown as a menu or set of icons.

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