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carré — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • edge noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.
  • hash noun A dish of chopped meat and vegetables (often potatoes) fried together.
  • rack noun A framework or set of shelves, bars, or hooks used for holding, storing, or displaying things.
  • square noun A four-sided shape with equal sides and right angles.
  • squared adj Marked with a grid of squares.
  • uncompromising adj Firm and unwilling to make concessions or change one's position.

Senses

carré is used for these senses in English:

  • bob haircut A women's haircut in which both the bangs and back are cut in a straight line, with the back generally off the neck.
  • edge (also, figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
  • four of a kind (card games) Four cards of the same rank.
  • hash (typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
  • rack A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
  • square (printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
  • square A cell in a grid.
  • squared (mathematics) Raised to the second power.

edge — full definition

  1. noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.
  2. noun The sharp cutting side of a blade.
  3. noun A slight advantage over rivals or competitors.
  4. verb To move slowly and carefully, often in small steps.
  5. verb To win by a very small margin.

hash — full definition

  1. noun A dish of chopped meat and vegetables (often potatoes) fried together.
  2. noun A confused, jumbled mess.
  3. noun The # symbol.
  4. noun In computing, the fixed-length code produced by feeding data through a hash function.
  5. noun Informal short form of hashish.

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