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puristin — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clamp noun A device used to hold or squeeze objects tightly together.
  • compressor noun A machine that increases the pressure of a gas, such as air, by reducing its volume.
  • mill noun A machine, or the building housing it, used to grind grain into flour.
  • press verb To push firmly against something, or push down on a button or surface.

Senses

puristin is used for these senses in English:

  • compressor A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
  • compressor A device that squeezes (compresses).
  • mill The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
  • mill A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process.
  • press (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.

clamp — full definition

  1. noun A device used to hold or squeeze objects tightly together.
  2. noun A device fitted to a car wheel to stop it being driven until a fine is paid.
  3. verb To fasten or hold something tightly in place.
  4. verb To immobilise a vehicle using a wheel clamp.

compressor — full definition

  1. noun A machine that increases the pressure of a gas, such as air, by reducing its volume.
  2. noun (audio) A device or software that reduces the volume difference between the loudest and quietest parts of a sound.

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