podstawka — meaning in English

English meaning

• coaster noun Someone who lives in or comes from an area near the coast.
• prop noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.

Senses

podstawka is used for these senses in English:

• basidium (mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
• beer mat A small square, circular or differently shaped cardboard mat, often with an advertisement for a brewery on it, that is used to rest one's glass on, and to protect the surface of a table or a bar in a pub.
• coaster A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
• prop An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.

coaster — full definition

1. noun Someone who lives in or comes from an area near the coast.
2. noun A sailor, especially a ship's captain or pilot, who only sails in waters close to the coast.
3. noun A trading ship that stays close to the coast, often sailing between ports in the same country.
4. noun Short for coaster trout, the brook trout found in Lake Superior and in Maine.

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.

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