Meaning of stabs | Babel Free
Definitions
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pole, post, pillar (vertically placed long, thin, cylindrical object to keep something in place) declension-1, masculine
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column, pillar (a volatile substance rising upright in the air) declension-1, figuratively, masculine
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column (part of a thermometer or barometer: a thin tube filled with a liquid substance, usually mercury) declension-1, masculine
Examples
“sētas stabi”
fenceposts
“telefona stabi”
telephone poles
“elektrības stabi”
electricity poles
“vārtu stabi nolūzuši”
the goalposts broke off
“reklāmu stabs”
advertising pillar
“kauna stabs”
pillory (lit. shame pole)
“viņš stāv kā stabs”
he, it stands as a pillar (tall, immobile)
“putekļu stabs”
column of dust
“dūmu stabs”
column of smoke
“uguns stabs”
pillar of fire
“saules stabs”
sun pillar (optical phenomenon at sunset)
“dzīvsudraba staba (= stabiņa) milimetrs”
millimeter of mercury (lit. mercury column millimeter)
“dzīvsudraba stabu barometra caurulē līdzsvaro atmosfēras spiediens”
the atmospheric pressure balances, is equivalent to the column of mercury in the tube of the barometer
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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