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kuoppa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bowl noun A round, open container used to hold or serve food such as soup, salad, or cereal.
  • excavation noun The act of digging out earth to create a hole, trench, or foundation.
  • hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  • hollow noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
  • impression noun A feeling or opinion formed about something, often quickly and without deep analysis.
  • pit noun A hole or hollow in the ground.
  • pothole noun A hole or dip worn into a road surface, usually from weather or heavy traffic.
  • recess noun A break from an activity or from regular proceedings, especially in a school, court, or legislature.
  • sinkhole noun A hole in the ground formed when water dissolves underlying rock, causing the surface to collapse.
  • socket noun A hollow opening designed to hold or receive a matching part, such as an electrical plug or a light bulb.
  • swag noun Free promotional items or merchandise handed out at events, or casually, any collection of nice possessions.
  • well adv In a good, skillful, or satisfactory way.

Senses

kuoppa is used for these senses in English:

  • bight A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
  • bowl (landforms) A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
  • bowl (sports, theater) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
  • cupula A cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
  • excavation (uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
  • excavation (countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
  • fossa (anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
  • hole (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.

bowl — full definition

  1. noun A round, open container used to hold or serve food such as soup, salad, or cereal.
  2. noun A major American football championship game or one of several season-ending postseason games.
  3. verb In cricket, to throw or deliver the ball toward the batsman according to the rules of the game.

excavation — full definition

  1. noun The act of digging out earth to create a hole, trench, or foundation.
  2. noun An archaeological dig, or the site where one is taking place.
  3. noun A hollow or pit produced by digging.

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