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клетка — meaning in English

kletka

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English meaning

  • cage noun A structure of bars or mesh used to enclose and contain an animal or person.
  • cell noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
  • check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
  • checkered adj Patterned with a grid of alternating light and dark squares.
  • hutch noun A cage or coop for keeping small animals such as rabbits.
  • square noun A four-sided shape with equal sides and right angles.

Senses

клетка is used for these senses in English:

  • cage An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
  • cell A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. [from 14th c.]
  • cell A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. [from 18th c.]
  • cell (biology, now, chiefly, botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. [from 14th c.]
  • cell (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. [from 19th c.]
  • cell A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]
  • check (textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
  • checkered Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

cage — full definition

  1. noun A structure of bars or mesh used to enclose and contain an animal or person.
  2. verb To shut something or someone inside a cage.
  3. verb To trap or hold back a person's freedom or creativity, often figuratively.

cell — full definition

  1. noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
  2. noun A small locked room in a prison or police station.
  3. noun A device that stores electrical energy, used alone or grouped into a battery.
  4. noun A small group forming part of a larger, often secretive, organization.

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