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caelum — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chisel noun A hand tool with a sharp flat edge, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
  • heaven noun In many religions, the place where God, gods, or the blessed dead are believed to dwell.
  • sky noun The space above the earth where clouds, the sun, and stars appear.
  • weather noun The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place — temperature, rain, wind, and so on.

Senses

caelum is used for these senses in English:

  • chisel A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
  • weather The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

chisel — full definition

  1. noun A hand tool with a sharp flat edge, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
  2. verb To carve or shape material using a chisel.
  3. verb Informal: to cheat or trick someone out of something, or to gradually erode something.

heaven — full definition

  1. noun In many religions, the place where God, gods, or the blessed dead are believed to dwell.
  2. noun A state or place of great happiness; paradise.
  3. noun (Often plural, "the heavens") The sky.

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