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czworak

//ˈt͡ʂfɔ.rak//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    residential building with four apartments, each with a separate entrance from the outside, forming part of a complex of manor or farm buildings; usually intended for farm servants or seasonal farm laborers
  2. 2.
    tiffin carrier, dabbas (container for transporting and keeping food warm, divided into four separate sections)
  3. 3.
    silver four-grosz coin, first introduced in the Republic of Poland during the reign of Sigismund II Augustus as part of efforts to unify coinage throughout the territory of the Jagiellonian state
  4. 4.
    colloquialall fours (position of the human body in which the hands and knees rest on the ground)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
Related words (3)
  • czworaki
  • czworako
  • czworaczka

Etymology

From czworo + -ak.

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