Stiel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- handle noun The part of an object that is designed to be gripped by hand.
- scantling noun The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships 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.
- timber noun Wood that has been cut and prepared for building.
Senses
Stiel is used for these senses in English:
- handle The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- scantling A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.
- stalk The stem or main axis of a plant.
- 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 slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
- stem A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
- timber (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
handle — full definition
- noun The part of an object that is designed to be gripped by hand.
- noun A username or nickname someone uses online or over radio.
- verb To touch, hold, or manage something with the hands.
- verb To deal with or cope with a situation, person, or emotion.
scantling — full definition
- noun The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
- noun A small portion, a scant amount.
- noun A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.
- noun Timber in the form of small beams and pieces.