καλάμι — meaning in English
kalami
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English meaning
- reed noun A tall, slender grass-like plant that grows in wet ground or shallow water.
- rod noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
- shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.
Senses
καλάμι is used for these senses in English:
- reed (countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
- reed (countable) The hollow stem of these plants.
- reed (countable, music) Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it.
- rod An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.
- shaft The main axis of a feather.
reed — full definition
- noun A tall, slender grass-like plant that grows in wet ground or shallow water.
- noun A thin strip of cane or metal in certain musical instruments that vibrates to produce sound.
rod — full definition
- noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
- noun A long, tapering pole used for fishing.
- noun An old unit of length equal to about 5.5 yards (roughly 5 meters), once used in surveying and land measurement.
- noun (slang) A handgun.