reikä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aperture noun A small opening, gap, or hole, especially one that lets light or something else pass through.
- cavity noun A hollow space or hole inside something solid.
- hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
- mesh noun Material made of crossed strands with regular small gaps between them, like a net or screen.
- node noun A device connected to a computer network, such as a server or workstation.
- opening noun A gap or hole that allows passage or access.
- orifice noun An opening, especially one in the body or in a pipe or tube.
- punch noun A hit made with a closed fist.
- puncture noun A small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tyre.
- slot noun A narrow opening or groove designed to fit something into, or an assigned place in a schedule or sequence.
- split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
- tear verb To pull something apart or make a hole in it by force.
Senses
reikä is used for these senses in English:
- aperture A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
- cavity (dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
- hole An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- hole (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- mesh A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.
- mortise (woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. [from 14th c.]
- node (technical) A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, its place in the ecliptic, etc.
- opening A gap permitting passage through.
cavity — full definition
- noun A hollow space or hole inside something solid.
- noun A decayed, hollow spot in a tooth caused by tooth decay.