Birne — meaning in English
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English meaning
- barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
- noggin noun A small mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.
- nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
- pear noun A sweet fruit that is typically rounder at the bottom and narrower near the stem, grown on the pear tree (Pyrus communis).
Senses
Birne is used for these senses in English:
- barrel Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun#Noun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
- light bulb An evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament which is heated by electrical resistance to produce light.
- noggin (slang) The head.
- nut (musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
- pear A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
barrel — full definition
- noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
- noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
- noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
- verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.
noggin — full definition
- noun A small mug, cup or ladle; the contents of such a container.
- noun A small measure of spirits equivalent to a gill.
- noun A signalling molecule involved in embryo development, producing large heads at high concentrations.