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diente — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clove noun A strong, aromatic spice made from the dried flower bud of the clove tree.
  • cog noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
  • prong noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
  • sprocket noun A toothed wheel that meshes with a chain or perforated belt to drive it.
  • tine noun A pointed prong, such as one of the points of a fork or a comb tooth.
  • tooth noun A hard structure in the mouth used for biting and chewing.

Senses

diente is used for these senses in English:

  • clove (horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
  • cog A tooth on a gear.
  • prong A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
  • sprocket (usually, in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
  • tine A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
  • tooth A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  • tooth A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.

clove — full definition

  1. noun A strong, aromatic spice made from the dried flower bud of the clove tree.
  2. noun One of the small individual segments that make up a bulb, such as garlic.

cog — full definition

  1. noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
  2. noun An unimportant, replaceable part of a much bigger system, especially used of a person.

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