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tranca — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  • checkpoint noun A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
  • difficult adjective Hard to do; requiring a lot of effort, skill, or thought.
  • hard adj Solid and firm; not easily broken, cut, or dented.
  • spar noun A strong pole used as a mast, boom, or similar support on a ship or aircraft.
  • tough adjective Strong and resilient; not easily broken, worn out, or damaged.

Senses

tranca is used for these senses in English:

  • bolt A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
  • checkpoint A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
  • difficult Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
  • hard Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
  • spar (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
  • tough (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.

bolt — full definition

  1. noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  2. noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
  3. noun A flash of lightning.
  4. verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
  5. verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.

checkpoint — full definition

  1. noun A location where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection, such as at a border or on a road.
  2. noun In a video game, a saved point that a player can restart from after failing.
  3. noun A point at which the state of a system or database is saved so it can be restored later.

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