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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

  1. noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  2. noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
  3. noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
  4. verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
  5. verb To stop someone from contacting you online.

blockade — full definition

  1. noun The act of sealing off a place, especially by sea, to stop goods or people moving in or out.
  2. verb To seal off a place in order to cut off supplies or movement.

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