puntello — meaning in English

English meaning

• prop noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
• stanchion noun A vertical pole, post, or support.

Senses

puntello is used for these senses in English:

• prop An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
• stanchion A vertical pole, post, or support.

prop — full definition

1. noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
2. noun An object used on a stage or film set to help tell the story.
3. noun A proposition on an election ballot.
4. verb To support something by placing an object under or against it.

stanchion — full definition

1. noun A vertical pole, post, or support.
2. noun A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.

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