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σπαθί — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • club noun A group of people who join together for a shared interest or purpose, such as sport or recreation.
  • sabre noun A curved, single-edged sword traditionally used by cavalry.
  • sword noun A long-bladed weapon with a hilt, used for cutting or stabbing.

Senses

σπαθί is used for these senses in English:

  • club (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
  • sabre (British spelling, Canadian spelling) A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  • sword (countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
  • sword A card of this suit.
  • sword (weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

club — full definition

  1. noun A group of people who join together for a shared interest or purpose, such as sport or recreation.
  2. noun A heavy stick used as a weapon, or (in sports) an implement used to strike a ball, such as in golf.
  3. noun A venue offering entertainment, especially music and dancing (a nightclub).
  4. verb To hit someone or something with a heavy stick or similar object.
  5. verb To join together to form a group, or to pool money for a shared purpose.

sabre — full definition

  1. noun A curved, single-edged sword traditionally used by cavalry.
  2. noun A lightweight fencing sword modelled on the cavalry weapon, used in the Olympic fencing discipline of the same name.

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