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ceppo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  • log noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
  • shackle verb To restrain someone with chains or metal restraints.
  • stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
  • stump noun The part of a tree, plant, or limb left behind after the rest has been cut off.
  • yoke noun A wooden bar or frame joining two draught animals, such as oxen, at the neck so they can pull a plough or cart together.

Senses

ceppo is used for these senses in English:

  • block A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
  • block A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
  • cathead A heavy piece of timber projecting somewhat horizontally from each side of the bow of a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured when not used, from its stock end.
  • shackle (obsolete, rare) A fetter-like band worn on an appendage as an ornament; an anklet, an armlet, a bracelet, a wristlet.
  • 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.
  • strain (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.
  • strain (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
  • stump The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.

block — full definition

  1. noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  2. noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
  3. noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
  4. verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
  5. verb To stop someone from contacting you online.

log — full definition

  1. noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
  2. noun A written record of events, especially a ship's or aircraft's progress, or of computer activity.
  3. verb To cut down trees, especially commercially.
  4. verb To record something in writing or in a system.

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