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Bügel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • becket noun A small loop or ring of rope, cord, or braid used to hold something in place — such as an oar, a pulley hook, or a medal on a jacket.
  • bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  • hanger noun A shaped piece of wood, plastic, or wire used to hang clothes on.

Senses

Bügel is used for these senses in English:

  • becket (nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
  • bracket A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
  • bracket (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
  • clevis A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.
  • coat hanger A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.
  • hanger One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
  • underwire A semicircular wire placed in a bra to support the breasts.

becket — full definition

  1. noun A small loop or ring of rope, cord, or braid used to hold something in place — such as an oar, a pulley hook, or a medal on a jacket.
  2. noun A pocket sewn into a piece of clothing.

bracket — full definition

  1. noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  2. noun One of a pair of punctuation marks — such as ( ) or [ ] — used to enclose extra information or set apart a section of text or a mathematical expression.
  3. noun A category or range that something falls into, especially for income, age, or a tournament.
  4. verb To group things together as belonging to the same category.

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