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кол — meaning in English

kol

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English meaning

  • pale adjective Light in colour, or lacking the usual colour, especially in the face.
  • paling noun A pointed wooden post used to build a fence.
  • picket noun A person or group standing outside a workplace during a strike to protest and discourage others from entering.
  • stake noun A pointed piece of wood or metal driven into the ground as a marker or support.

Senses

кол is used for these senses in English:

  • pale A wooden stake; a picket.
  • paling A pointed stick used to make a fence.
  • picket A stake driven into the ground.
  • stake A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
  • stake A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
  • stake (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.

pale — full definition

  1. adjective Light in colour, or lacking the usual colour, especially in the face.
  2. verb To become pale, especially from shock, fear, or illness.
  3. verb To seem weaker or less impressive by comparison.
  4. noun The historical phrase "beyond the pale," meaning outside acceptable limits or boundaries.

paling — full definition

  1. noun A pointed wooden post used to build a fence.
  2. noun A fence built from upright pointed posts.
  3. noun A fence made from sheets of galvanised metal.
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