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Büchse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • canister noun A small container, typically metal or plastic, used to store dry goods like tea, flour, or film.
  • jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
  • receptacle noun A container designed to hold something.
  • rifle noun A long-barrelled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
  • sleeve noun The part of a garment that covers the arm.
  • socket noun A hollow opening designed to hold or receive a matching part, such as an electrical plug or a light bulb.
  • thimble noun A small protective cap, usually metal, worn on a finger to push a needle through fabric while sewing.
  • tin noun A soft, silvery metallic element used especially to coat steel against rust.

Senses

Büchse is used for these senses in English:

  • bushing (mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
  • canister Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top.
  • canister A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition.
  • jack A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]
  • piggy bank A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, in which small saved coins are stored.
  • receptacle (electricity, US) A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug (typically by receiving the plug's prongs) to supply portable appliances or equipment.
  • sleeve A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc. [from 19th c.]
  • socket (electrical) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

canister — full definition

  1. noun A small container, typically metal or plastic, used to store dry goods like tea, flour, or film.
  2. noun A cylindrical container used in weapons, such as a smoke or tear gas canister.

jack — full definition

  1. noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
  2. noun The playing card ranking between the ten and the queen, showing a young page or knave.
  3. noun A socket used to plug in an electrical or audio device.
  4. noun Informal: money.
  5. verb To lift something using a mechanical jack.

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