зубе́ц — meaning in English
zubets
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English meaning
- barb noun A sharp point angled backward on an arrow, hook, or wire, designed to make it hard to pull out.
- cog noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
- prong noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
- sprocket noun A toothed wheel that meshes with a chain or perforated belt to drive it.
- tine noun A pointed prong, such as one of the points of a fork or a comb tooth.
- tooth noun A hard structure in the mouth used for biting and chewing.
Senses
зубе́ц is used for these senses in English:
- barb The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- cog A tooth on a gear.
- merlon (architectural element, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.
- prong A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
- sprocket (usually, in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
- tine A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
barb — full definition
- noun A sharp point angled backward on an arrow, hook, or wire, designed to make it hard to pull out.
- noun A sharp, cutting remark meant to hurt or provoke.
- noun Any of various small freshwater fish with whisker-like barbels near the mouth.
- verb To fit something with barbs.
cog — full definition
- noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
- noun An unimportant, replaceable part of a much bigger system, especially used of a person.