Holm — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arbor noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
- crosspiece noun A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
- islet noun A small island.
- spar noun A strong pole used as a mast, boom, or similar support on a ship or aircraft.
- stalk noun The stem of a plant, or a similar stem-like part.
- stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
- stringer noun A freelance journalist who reports on events for a news organization without being a full-time staff member.
- transom noun A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
Senses
Holm is used for these senses in English:
- arbor A bar for supporting cutting tools.
- crosspiece A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
- islet A small island.
- spar (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
- stalk (mathematics, sheaf theory) Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf \mathcal{F} on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See w:Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- stem A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
- stringer A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
- stringer (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
arbor — full definition
- noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
- noun A rotating shaft or spindle in a machine, such as a lathe, that supports a moving part.
crosspiece — full definition
- noun A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
- noun A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts; a timber over the windlass, with pins for belaying the running rigging.