ränni — meaning in English
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English meaning
- boards noun A stage, especially in theatre — as in the phrase "to tread the boards."
- chute noun A sloped or vertical channel used to slide or drop objects from a higher point to a lower one.
- flume noun A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
- gutter noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
- launder verb To wash and often iron clothes or fabric.
- riffle noun A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- sluice noun A gate or channel that controls the flow of water, often found in canals or dams.
- strip noun A long, narrow piece of material or land.
Senses
ränni is used for these senses in English:
- boards Structure around a rink for ice hockey.
- chute A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- flume An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.
- gutter A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.
- gutter (bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.
- riffle (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- sluice An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- sluice box A box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.
boards — full definition
- noun A stage, especially in theatre — as in the phrase "to tread the boards."
- noun The wall surrounding an ice hockey rink.
- noun Formal exams required to enter a profession or qualify in a field.
chute — full definition
- noun A sloped or vertical channel used to slide or drop objects from a higher point to a lower one.
- noun A narrow passage used to funnel or confine animals, such as livestock.
- noun Informal shortening of "parachute".