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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

  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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