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Stempel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • buttress noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
  • pistil noun In botany, a pistil is the female organ at the center of a flower, made up of the ovary, style and stigma, which receives pollen and goes on to produce fruit.
  • seal noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
  • stamp noun A small piece of paper affixed to mail to show that postage has been paid.

Senses

Stempel is used for these senses in English:

  • buttress (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
  • pistil (botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. [from 18th c.]
  • rubber stamp (literally) A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.
  • seal A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.

buttress — full definition

  1. noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
  2. noun Something that gives support or strength to another thing.
  3. noun In botany, a wide, flat root that spreads out from the base of a tree trunk to help hold it up.
  4. noun A part of a mountain or rock face that sticks out sharply.
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