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kızak — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cradle noun A small bed for a baby that rocks or swings gently.
  • sledge noun A heavy, long-handled hammer used for driving stakes or breaking things apart; short for sledgehammer.

Senses

kızak is used for these senses in English:

  • cradle A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
  • luge (uncountable) The sport of racing on luges.
  • sledge (British) any type of sled or sleigh.

cradle — full definition

  1. noun A small bed for a baby that rocks or swings gently.
  2. noun The place or time where something began and was nurtured early on.
  3. verb To hold something gently and protectively, as if rocking a baby.

sledge — full definition

  1. noun A heavy, long-handled hammer used for driving stakes or breaking things apart; short for sledgehammer.
  2. noun A low, heavy sled typically pulled by animals over snow or ice.
  3. verb (cricket, informal) To taunt or verbally needle an opposing player to put them off their game.

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