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kadłub

//ˈka.dwup/ | /ˈka.dɫup/ | /ˈka.dwup/ | /ˈka.dwup/ | /ˈka.dwup/ | /ˈka.dwup/ | [ˈka.dɫup] | [ˈka.dɫup] | /ˈka.dwup//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    body, hull (main structural element of a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle or machine in which other structural elements and equipment are mounted)
  2. 2.
    body, torso (main part of a human or animal body, especially one lacking limbs and often the head)
  3. 3.
    trunk; hollow (hollowed-out block of wood once used as a container for bulk materials)
  4. 4.
    millstone hollow (hollowed-out trunk with two millstones in its upper part)
  5. 5.
    half of a dry measure (korzec)
  6. 6.
    trunk well (hollowed-out trunk inserted into a spring serving as a prototype of a well)
  7. 7.
    bark basket (basket made of tree bark for carrying berries)
  8. 8.
    obsoletehollow (part of an object that is empty inside without any external additions)
  9. 9.
    obsoletesheet crate (wooden crate in a pontoon made in the form of a boat to which a copper sheet is attached)
  10. 10.
    obsoletehull hoop (iron hoop surrounding the balls of a ship's hull)
  11. 11.
    derogatoryepithet
    • Ty czarny kadłubie!

      You dark good-for-nothing!

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish kadłub. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Latin truncus.

Forms

  • kadłubekdiminutive
  • kadłubowyadjective
  • kadłubaalternative • middle • polish
Nominative
Singular
kadłub
Plural
kadłuby
Genitive
Singular
kadłuba
Plural
kadłubów
Dative
Singular
kadłubowi
Plural
kadłubom
Accusative
Singular
kadłub
Plural
kadłuby
Instrumental
Singular
kadłubem
Plural
kadłubami
Locative
Singular
kadłubie
Plural
kadłubach
Vocative
Singular
kadłubie
Plural
kadłuby

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