Ιστός — meaning in English
istos
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English meaning
- fabric noun Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibres together.
- mast noun A tall upright pole that supports sails, an antenna, or other equipment.
- tissue noun A soft, absorbent piece of paper used for blowing your nose or wiping up small messes.
- web noun A network of fine threads spun by a spider to catch prey.
Senses
Ιστός is used for these senses in English:
- fabric (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.
- mast (nautical, communications, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). [from 9th c.]
- tissue (biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
- web (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
- web A latticed or woven structure.
- web the World Wide Web.
fabric — full definition
- noun Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibres together.
- noun The basic underlying structure of something, especially a society, building, or system.
mast — full definition
- noun A tall upright pole that supports sails, an antenna, or other equipment.
- noun Nuts such as acorns and beechnuts that have fallen and are used to feed animals like pigs.
- verb To fit a ship with a mast.