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skala — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gamut noun A (normally) complete range.
  • hull noun The main body of a ship, boat, or aircraft.
  • husk noun The dry outer covering of certain fruits, seeds, or vegetables, such as corn.
  • pare verb To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
  • peel verb To remove the skin or outer layer from something.
  • scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
  • shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
  • toast noun Sliced bread browned by heat.

Senses

skala is used for these senses in English:

  • gamut A (normally) complete range.
  • hull To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
  • husk (transitive) To remove husks from.
  • pare (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
  • scale The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
  • scale (transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
  • shell To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
  • shell (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.

gamut — full definition

  1. noun A (normally) complete range.
  2. noun All the notes in a musical scale.
  3. noun All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.

hull — full definition

  1. noun The main body of a ship, boat, or aircraft.
  2. noun The outer covering of a seed, fruit, or nut.
  3. verb To remove the outer covering from a seed or fruit.

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