llave — meaning in English
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English meaning
- faucet noun (chiefly US) A fitting that controls the flow of water from a pipe; called a "tap" in British English.
- key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
- spanner noun A hand tool used to grip and turn nuts and bolts (called a "wrench" in American English).
- spigot noun A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- valve noun A device that controls or directs the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe or opening.
- wrench noun US: a hand tool used to grip and turn nuts, bolts, or pipes; called a spanner in British English.
Senses
llave is used for these senses in English:
- curly bracket Either { or }, having various uses in math, music, computer programming and chemistry.
- key Indispensable, supremely important.
- key (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- key (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- spanner (Commonwealth, UK, Irish) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
- spigot The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
- valve A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
- wrench (US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes. [from 18th c.]
key — full definition
- noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.
- noun The single most important factor or step needed to achieve something.
- noun One of the buttons pressed to type on a keyboard or play a musical instrument.
- noun A short guide listing what the symbols, colours, or abbreviations on a map, chart, or test mean.
- noun In music, the set of related notes a piece is built around, giving it its overall tonal centre.