kiila — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chock noun A wedge or block placed against something, especially a wheel, to stop it from moving.
- cotter noun A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
- gore noun Blood, especially clotted or thickened blood from a wound, or graphic depictions of violence.
- key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
- nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
- point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
- salient adj Most noticeable or important; standing out as especially relevant.
- wedge noun A piece of material, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge, used to split, tighten, or lever things apart.
Senses
kiila is used for these senses in English:
- chock Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
- cotter (mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
- gore A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- gusset A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.
- gusset (mechanical engineering) A kind of bracket, or angular part, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
- nut (climbing) A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)
- piton (climbing) A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).
- point (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. [from 15th c.]
chock — full definition
- noun A wedge or block placed against something, especially a wheel, to stop it from moving.
- verb To wedge or block something firmly in place.
- adv Completely; fully — usually in the phrase "chock-full."
cotter — full definition
- noun A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
- noun A cotter pin.