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barro — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clay noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
  • mire noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.
  • MUD noun A soft, wet mixture of soil and water.
  • pimple noun A small, inflamed, often pus-filled spot on the skin.
  • zit noun A pimple, especially one on the face.

Senses

barro is used for these senses in English:

  • clay A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
  • mire Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
  • mud A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
  • pimple (dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
  • zit (Canada, US, slang) Pimple

clay — full definition

  1. noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
  2. noun A tennis court surface made of crushed stone or brick.

mire — full definition

  1. noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.
  2. noun A difficult or messy situation.
  3. verb To become stuck, as if in mud.

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