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caudex — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blockhead noun A stupid, slow-witted person.
  • book noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  • trunk verb To cut something short or reduce it drastically.
  • writing noun The activity or skill of forming letters or symbols to represent language.

Senses

caudex is used for these senses in English:

  • account book (accounting) A book in which accounts are kept; ledger.
  • blockhead (colloquial) A stupid person.
  • bollard A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.
  • book A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
  • trunk (software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
  • writing (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

book — full definition

  1. noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  2. noun A record of a business's financial transactions (usually plural: "the books").
  3. noun A person or organization that takes bets on the outcome of events; short for bookmaker.
  4. verb To arrange or reserve something in advance.
  5. verb To formally record a suspect's details after an arrest.

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