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sauma — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • corona noun The glowing outer atmosphere of the sun, visible as a bright ring during a total solar eclipse.
  • meeting noun A gathering of people organized for a particular purpose, such as making decisions or sharing information.
  • seam noun The line where two pieces of fabric are stitched together.
  • slant noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  • snap verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
  • suture noun A stitch, or the thread used to make it, that closes a wound or surgical cut.

Senses

sauma is used for these senses in English:

  • corona (mineralogy) A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
  • meeting A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
  • seam (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
  • slant (slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
  • snap (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily in the phrase soft snap.
  • suture (botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.

corona — full definition

  1. noun The glowing outer atmosphere of the sun, visible as a bright ring during a total solar eclipse.
  2. noun A ring or halo of light around a bright object, such as the sun or moon.
  3. noun A coronavirus, or informally, COVID-19.

meeting — full definition

  1. noun A gathering of people organized for a particular purpose, such as making decisions or sharing information.
  2. noun An instance of two or more people or things coming together, sometimes by chance.

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