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шпо́нка — meaning in English

shponka

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English meaning

  • cotter noun A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
  • key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.

Senses

шпо́нка is used for these senses in English:

  • cotter (mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
  • dowel A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
  • spline (woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.

cotter — full definition

  1. noun A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
  2. noun A cotter pin.

key — full definition

  1. noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
  2. noun The single most important factor or step needed to achieve something.
  3. noun One of the buttons pressed to type on a keyboard or play a musical instrument.
  4. noun A short guide listing what the symbols, colours, or abbreviations on a map, chart, or test mean.
  5. noun In music, the set of related notes a piece is built around, giving it its overall tonal centre.

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