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asta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flagpole noun A tall pole used to raise and display one or more flags.
  • horn noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.
  • shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.

Senses

asta is used for these senses in English:

  • flagpole A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.
  • horn Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
  • shaft The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

horn — full definition

  1. noun A hard, pointed growth on the head of certain animals, such as cattle, goats, or rhinos.
  2. noun A brass wind instrument, or an instrument used to signal.
  3. noun A device on a vehicle that makes a loud warning sound.
  4. verb To sound a vehicle's horn.

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