Stempel — meaning in English

English meaning

• buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
• 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 brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
2. noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
3. noun A buttress root.
4. noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

seal — full definition

1. noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
2. noun An official stamp, or the mark it leaves, used to authenticate a document.
3. verb To close something securely so it cannot be opened without damage, or to prevent leakage.

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