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Sprosse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crosspiece noun A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
  • prong noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
  • round adjective Shaped like a circle or sphere, with no sharp corners.
  • rung noun A horizontal bar forming a step on a ladder, or the crossbar between chair legs.
  • stave noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.
  • step noun A single movement of the foot when walking, or one of a set of surfaces used to go up or down, as on a staircase.
  • tine noun A pointed prong, such as one of the points of a fork or a comb tooth.

Senses

Sprosse is used for these senses in English:

  • bean sprout (chiefly, in the plural) A sprout of any of several other species of bean
  • crosspiece A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
  • muntin (architectural element) One of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.
  • prong A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
  • rung A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
  • stave One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
  • step A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
  • tine A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.

crosspiece — full definition

  1. noun A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
  2. noun A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts; a timber over the windlass, with pins for belaying the running rigging.

prong — full definition

  1. noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
  2. noun A branch; a fork.
  3. noun A fork (agricultural tool).

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