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selar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • caulk noun A flexible waterproof filler squeezed into joints and gaps — around baths, sinks, window frames and skirting boards — to seal them against water and draughts.
  • saddle noun A leather seat fitted to the back of a horse or other animal for a rider.
  • seal noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
  • stamp noun A small piece of paper affixed to mail to show that postage has been paid.

Senses

selar is used for these senses in English:

  • caulk To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.
  • stamp (transitive) To apply postage stamps to.

caulk — full definition

  1. noun A flexible waterproof filler squeezed into joints and gaps — around baths, sinks, window frames and skirting boards — to seal them against water and draughts.
  2. verb To seal a joint or gap by filling it with such a compound.
  3. verb In traditional boatbuilding, to drive fibrous material such as oakum into the seams between a wooden hull's planks to make it watertight.

saddle — full definition

  1. noun A leather seat fitted to the back of a horse or other animal for a rider.
  2. noun The seat of a bicycle or motorcycle.
  3. noun A dip or low point between two peaks in a mountain ridge.
  4. verb To burden someone with a difficult responsibility or debt.
  5. verb To put a saddle on an animal.

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