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pidike — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  • curb noun The raised edge of a sidewalk or pavement bordering a street.
  • holder noun A person who owns, possesses, or is entitled to something, such as a ticket, title, or account.
  • retainer noun A fee paid in advance to secure someone's services, especially a lawyer's.
  • yoke noun A wooden bar or frame joining two draught animals, such as oxen, at the neck so they can pull a plough or cart together.

Senses

pidike is used for these senses in English:

  • bracket (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
  • curb (figurative) Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
  • holder A thing that holds.
  • retainer Any thing or person that retains.
  • yoke (glassblowing) A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.

bracket — full definition

  1. noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  2. noun One of a pair of punctuation marks — such as ( ) or [ ] — used to enclose extra information or set apart a section of text or a mathematical expression.
  3. noun A category or range that something falls into, especially for income, age, or a tournament.
  4. verb To group things together as belonging to the same category.

curb — full definition

  1. noun The raised edge of a sidewalk or pavement bordering a street.
  2. noun Something that restrains or holds something in check.
  3. verb To control or hold back; to restrain.

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