węgielnica — meaning in English

English meaning

• Norma noun A carpenter's or mason's square, used for checking and marking right angles.
• square noun A four-sided shape with equal sides and right angles.

Senses

węgielnica is used for these senses in English:

• Norma (constellation) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.
• square An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
• steel square A tool used to measure out right angles.

Norma — full definition

1. noun A carpenter's or mason's square, used for checking and marking right angles.
2. noun A standard, rule, or model that something is measured against (used in specialist or technical writing).

square — full definition

1. noun A four-sided shape with equal sides and right angles.
2. noun An open public area in a town or city, often surrounded by buildings.
3. adj Forming or having right angles.
4. adj Fair, honest, and straightforward.
5. adj Informal: old-fashioned or conventional in a boring way.

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