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poro — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crisp adj Firm and easily broken, in a satisfying way (used for food, fabric, or air).
  • reindeer noun A large deer of Arctic and subarctic regions, known for its antlers and its role pulling sleighs.

Senses

poro is used for these senses in English:

  • crisp (originally, US, also, figurative) Chiefly in to a crisp: a food item that has been overcooked, or a thing which has been burned, to the point of becoming charred or dried out.
  • mountain reindeer A subspecies of reindeer, found wild in southern Norway and Kola peninsula in Russia; Rangifer tarandus tarandus. A semi-domesticated variant is widely herded by the Sami in northern Scandinavia.
  • reindeer (plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

crisp — full definition

  1. adj Firm and easily broken, in a satisfying way (used for food, fabric, or air).
  2. adj Clear, sharp, and precise.
  3. noun British English: a thin fried slice of potato sold as a snack (called a "chip" in American English).

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