próżnia — meaning in English

English meaning

• limbo noun A state of being stuck between two situations, with no clear resolution or progress.
• vacuum noun A space that is completely empty of matter, including air.
• void adjective Completely empty; containing nothing.

Senses

próżnia is used for these senses in English:

• limbo (countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. [from mid 17th c.]

limbo — full definition

1. noun A state of being stuck between two situations, with no clear resolution or progress.
2. noun In some Christian traditions, an in-between afterlife state for souls who are neither in heaven nor hell.
3. noun A dance in which participants bend backward to pass beneath a bar that is progressively lowered.

vacuum — full definition

1. noun A space that is completely empty of matter, including air.
2. verb To clean a surface using a vacuum cleaner.

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