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Blech — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brass noun A yellowish metal alloy made from copper and zinc, used for fittings, instruments, and ornaments.
  • horn noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.
  • panel noun A flat rectangular section set into a larger surface, such as a wall, door, or fence.
  • plate noun A flat, shallow dish used for serving or eating food.
  • sheet noun A large piece of thin cloth used to cover a mattress or bed.

Senses

Blech is used for these senses in English:

  • brass (music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.
  • horn (informal, musical instrument, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.
  • panel A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
  • plate A flat object of uniform thickness.
  • sheet A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
  • sheet metal Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.

brass — full definition

  1. noun A yellowish metal alloy made from copper and zinc, used for fittings, instruments, and ornaments.
  2. noun Wind instruments made of metal, such as trumpets and trombones, or the section of a band playing them.
  3. noun Informal: senior officers or high-ranking officials.

horn — full definition

  1. noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.
  2. noun A brass wind instrument, or an instrument used to signal.
  3. noun A device on a vehicle that makes a loud warning sound.
  4. verb To sound a vehicle's horn.

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