sulku — meaning in English
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English meaning
- block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
- blockade noun The act of sealing off a place, especially by sea, to stop goods or people moving in or out.
- bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
- fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
- freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
- lock noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
- quantity noun An amount of something that can be measured or counted.
- sluice noun A gate or channel that controls the flow of water, often found in canals or dams.
Senses
sulku is used for these senses in English:
- block Something that prevents something from passing.
- blockade (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- bracket Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
- fault (technology) An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.
- freeze A halt of a regular operation.
- freeze (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
- lock A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- lock A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
block — full definition
- noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
- noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
- noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
- verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
- verb To stop someone from contacting you online.
blockade — full definition
- noun The act of sealing off a place, especially by sea, to stop goods or people moving in or out.
- verb To seal off a place in order to cut off supplies or movement.