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carreau — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  • diamond noun An extremely hard, clear crystal form of carbon, prized as a gemstone.
  • diamonds noun The suit of playing cards marked with a red diamond shape.
  • quarrel noun An angry argument or dispute, especially between people who know each other.
  • square noun A four-sided shape with equal sides and right angles.
  • tile noun A thin, flat slab of material such as clay, stone, or ceramic, used to cover roofs, floors, or walls.
  • tipple noun An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.

Senses

carreau is used for these senses in English:

  • bolt A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
  • diamond (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
  • diamonds (card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦.
  • floor tile A tile, made from any material, designed to be laid as flooring.
  • quarrel (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest, traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
  • tile A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
  • tipple (countable) An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
  • windowpane A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window

bolt — full definition

  1. noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  2. noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
  3. noun A flash of lightning.
  4. verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
  5. verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.

diamond — full definition

  1. noun An extremely hard, clear crystal form of carbon, prized as a gemstone.
  2. noun A four-sided shape with two pairs of equal angles, standing on one of its points (a rhombus).
  3. noun One of the four suits in a standard deck of playing cards, marked with a red diamond shape.
  4. noun The infield of a baseball field, which is diamond-shaped.
  5. adj Marking a sixtieth (or, in some uses, seventy-fifth) wedding anniversary.

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