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πόντος — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • goal noun Something a person is aiming or working to achieve.
  • ladder noun A frame with rungs used for climbing up or down.
  • Pontus name An ancient region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, also a masculine given name in Scandinavia.
  • sea noun The continuous body of salt water covering most of the Earth's surface, or a named part of it.
  • stitch noun A single loop of thread made by a needle in sewing, knitting, or in closing a wound.

Senses

πόντος is used for these senses in English:

  • goal A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
  • ladder (chiefly, Britain) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
  • sea The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
  • stitch A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

goal — full definition

  1. noun Something a person is aiming or working to achieve.
  2. noun In sports, the target area for scoring, or the score gained by sending the ball or puck into it.

ladder — full definition

  1. noun A frame with rungs used for climbing up or down.
  2. noun A series of steps or stages leading to a better position, especially in a career.
  3. noun A vertical run of unravelled stitches in tights or a knitted garment.
  4. verb Of a knitted garment, to develop a run when a thread breaks.

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