rengas — meaning in English
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English meaning
- annulus noun A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
- bangle noun A rigid, usually round bracelet worn on the wrist or ankle, typically without a clasp.
- corona noun The glowing outer atmosphere of the sun, visible as a bright ring during a total solar eclipse.
- crown noun An ornamental headpiece worn by a monarch as a symbol of royal power.
- doughnut noun A small, sweet, deep-fried piece of dough, usually ring-shaped or filled with jam or cream.
- ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
- shackle verb To restrain someone with chains or metal restraints.
- tyre noun British spelling: the rubber ring fitted around a wheel that grips the road.
Senses
rengas is used for these senses in English:
- annulus (botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.
- areola (anatomy) The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae.
- bangle A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
- corona (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
- crown (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- doughnut (Australia, North America) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.
- ring (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- shackle A hook, ring, or other device for connecting, holding, lifting, etc.; specifically (nautical) , a small incomplete ring secured with a bolt across the ends, used to connect lengths of cable or chain together, or to keep a porthole closed.
annulus — full definition
- noun A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
- noun A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis.
- noun A ring of light in a celestial body, especially when caused by an annular eclipse (for example, when the Sun and Moon are in line with the Earth, but the Moon does not completely cover the Sun's disc).
- noun A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.