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Durchschlag — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carbon noun A chemical element (symbol C) found in all living things and in materials like coal, diamond, and graphite.
  • colander noun A bowl-shaped kitchen container full of holes, used for draining water off food such as pasta, rice or washed vegetables.
  • strainer noun A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.

Senses

Durchschlag is used for these senses in English:

  • carbon (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
  • carbon copy (Internet) A duplicate copy of an email.
  • colander A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.

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