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Meaning of tonggak | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. straight, pointed plant shoot (of bamboo and mangroves)
  2. buttress roots (of banyan etc.)
  3. stump, treestump (the remains of a tree that has been cut off)
  4. vertical beam (a large vertical piece of timber or iron)
  5. pole, pillar (a long object for construction or support)
  6. base, source
    figuratively
  7. belief
    figuratively
  8. milestone (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
    Indonesia
  9. a very quiet person
    obsolete

Equivalents

Bosanski baba
Čeština pachole sloupek
English bollard
Esperanto bito
Español bolardo noray pilona pivote
Français bitte bitte d'amarrage bollard borne
Galego bita
Hrvatski baba
Magyar oszlop
Íslenska polli
Latina caudex
Српски baba
Türkçe baba iskele babası

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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