cravo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- carnation noun A garden plant with fragrant, often frilly-edged flowers, popular as a cut flower.
- clove noun A strong, aromatic spice made from the dried flower bud of the clove tree.
- harpsichord noun A keyboard instrument, popular before the piano, in which each key plucks a string rather than striking it with a hammer.
- nail noun The hard, flat plate at the tip of a finger or toe.
- pink adj Having a pale reddish colour, a mix of red and white.
- rose noun A shrub or climbing plant, or its flower, prized for its fragrance and often thorny stems.
- spike noun A large, pointed piece of metal, or anything shaped like one.
Senses
cravo is used for these senses in English:
- blackhead (countable, medicine) A type of comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
- clove (uncountable, or, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- harpsichord (musical instruments) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music.
- nail A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
- pink A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers. [from 17th c.]
- rose (countable, uncountable) A purplish-red or pink color, the color of some rose flowers.
- spike A sort of very large nail.
carnation — full definition
- noun A garden plant with fragrant, often frilly-edged flowers, popular as a cut flower.
- noun A pale pinkish colour, originally named after the flower's natural flesh-toned shade.
clove — full definition
- noun A strong, aromatic spice made from the dried flower bud of the clove tree.
- noun One of the small individual segments that make up a bulb, such as garlic.