palkki — meaning in English

English meaning

• balk noun An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
• bar noun A place that sells alcoholic drinks to be consumed on the premises, or the counter inside it.
• beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
• bend verb To force something into a curved or angled shape.
• fascia noun A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
• girder noun A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
• sill noun The horizontal ledge at the base of a window or door frame.

Senses

palkki is used for these senses in English:

• balk Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
• bar A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
• bar (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 1⁄4 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
• bar A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
• beam (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
• beam (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
• bend (heraldiccharge) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
• fascia (architectural element) A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.

balk — full definition

1. noun An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
2. noun The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
3. noun Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
4. noun A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

bar — full definition

1. noun A place that sells alcoholic drinks to be consumed on the premises, or the counter inside it.
2. noun A rigid piece of metal, wood, or similar material, much longer than it is wide.
3. noun A block-shaped piece of a solid substance, especially soap or chocolate.
4. noun Something that blocks or prevents progress; an obstacle.
5. noun The legal profession, or the examination lawyers must pass to practise.

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