болванка — meaning in English

English meaning

• blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
• block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
• boilerplate noun A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.
• pig noun A farm animal with a snout and cloven hooves, raised for meat.
• stub noun A short remaining piece of something after the main part has been used, cut, or removed.

Senses

болванка is used for these senses in English:

• armor-piercing shot (military) An armor-piercing solid metal projectile having no bursting charge, in use mainly during World War II, abbreviated AP, or simply "shot".
• block A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
• boilerplate (computing) A standard piece of program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor.
• ingot A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.
• pig (countable, and, uncountable) An oblong block of cast metal (now only iron or lead).
• stub (wiki) An article providing only minimal information and intended for later development.

blank — full definition

1. adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
2. adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
3. noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
4. verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
5. verb To deliberately ignore someone.

block — full definition

1. noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
2. noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
3. noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
4. verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
5. verb To stop someone from contacting you online.

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