Horseshoe

Definitions

1. A barangay of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
2. The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.
3. The U shape of a horseshoe.
4. A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
   slang
5. The symbol ⊃.
6. An open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois, consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, often Texas toast, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a cheese sauce.
7. A U-shaped life buoy.

Equivalents

56 more languages

العربيةحدوةحذوة الحصاننعل

Azərbaycan dilinal

Беларускаяпадкова

བོད་སྐད།རྨིག་ལྕགས

Bosanskipotkovapotkovicaпотковапотковица+ 1 more

Catalàferraduraferrar

Češtinaokovatpodkovapodkovat

Cymraegpedol

Danskhesteskosko

Ελληνικάπέταλοπεταλώνω

Esperantohufoferohufumo

Eestihobuseraud

فارسیبشکنعلنعل اسب

Suomihevosenkenkäkengittää

Gaeilgecrú

Gàidhligcrudhacrudhaich

Galegoferraduraferrar

עבריתפרסה

हिन्दीघुड़नालनाल

Hrvatskipotkovapotkovicaпотковапотковица+ 1 more

Magyarlópatkópatkópatkol

Հայերեննալպայտ

Bahasa Indonesiakasut besiladamtapal kuda

Íslenskajárnaskeifa

Italianoferro di cavallo

日本語蹄鉄鉄沓馬蹄

ქართულინალი

Қазақ тілітаға

한국어편자

Kurdîkûçnal

Кыргызчатака

LëtzebuergeschHoufeisen

ລາວເກີບມ້າເຫລັກໂຄບຕີນມ້າ

Latviešupakavs

Te Reo Māorihaeana

Македонскиподмножествопотковицапотковува

Bahasa Melayuladam

Maltinagħal

မြန်မာမြင်းခွာမြင်းသံခွာသခွား

Nederlandshoefijzer

Polskikućpodkowapodkućpodkuwać+ 1 more

Portuguêsferraduraferrar

Românăpotcoavăpotcovi

Русскийподковаподковатьподковыватьподмножество+ 1 more

Slovenčinapodkova

Slovenščinapodkev

Shqippatkuapotkua

Српскиpotkovapotkovicaпотковапотковица+ 1 more

Svenskahästskosko

தமிழ்லாடம்

తెలుగుగుర్రపునాడా

ไทยเกือกม้า

Tagalogbakal ng kabayo

Türkçeat nalınalnallamak

Українськапідкова

اردونال

Examples

“And what has been thus affirmed of other leading commodities; the blacksmith, for example, no longer making, but buying his horseshoes, nails, nuts, and bolts;”

“The ancient Romans [...] used leather horseshoes; the Chinese made straw sandals for their mounts; and American Indians used leather moccasins, which they tied around their horses ' ankles. In days of old, people took their horses to the smithy to be shod.”

“Each player has a turn⟳ at tossing his horseshoes, one at a time, at the stob opposite him. His opponent then throws his horseshoes.”

“If there are no missing teeth and tooth alignment is good, two opposing well-defined horseshoes are seen. If, however, your denitition is mal-aligned or is missing anterior teeth, this pattern too should be reflected in the bite⟳ mark⟳.”

“Whereas the railway heads inland to take⟳ the easier but much longer horseshoe-shaped route around the firth, the A9 directly crosses it from north to south on a bridge built in 1991.”

“The lateral head of your triceps forms the outside of the horseshoe, the long head forms the inside, the medial head lies beneath the long head, and the tendon occupies the flat space in the middle.”

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