karsta — meaning in English

English meaning

• card noun A small, flat piece of stiff paper or plastic, used for games, messages, payments, or identification.
• grime noun A layer of dirt, soot, or grease that has built up and is hard to remove.

Senses

karsta is used for these senses in English:

• card (dated, textiles) A comb- or brush-like device or tool to raise the nap on a fabric.
• card (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
• grime Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

card — full definition

1. noun A small, flat piece of stiff paper or plastic, used for games, messages, payments, or identification.
2. verb To check someone's identification to confirm their age.

grime — full definition

1. noun A layer of dirt, soot, or grease that has built up and is hard to remove.
2. noun A genre of electronic music that developed in London in the early 2000s, blending elements of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.

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