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piece+of+wood

  • 1 piece

    [pi:s] 1. noun
    1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) bútur, sneið, stykki, hluti
    2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) blað; fréttastúfur
    3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) verk, stykki; grein
    4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) peningur, mynt
    5) (in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game.) taflmaður
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    2. adjective
    (done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) sundurlaus; ómarkviss
    - go all to pieces
    - go to pieces
    - in pieces
    - piece together
    - to pieces

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  • 2 block

    [blok] 1. noun
    1) (a flat-sided mass of wood or stone etc: blocks of stone.) kubbur, klossi, blökk
    2) (a piece of wood used for certain purposes: a chopping-block.) kjöthögg, fjalhögg
    3) (a connected group of houses, offices etc: a block of flats; an office block.) húsasamstæða
    4) (a barrier: a road block.) hindrun; vegatálmi
    5) ((especially American) a group of buildings bounded by four streets: a walk round the block.) húsaröð sem afmarkast af fjórum götum
    2. verb
    (to make (progress) difficult or impossible: The crashed cars blocked the road.) hindra
    3. verb
    The ships blockaded the town.) loka, teppa; halda í kví/hafnbanni
    - blocked
    - block capital/letter
    - blockhead

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  • 3 carve

    1) (to make designs, shapes etc by cutting a piece of wood etc: A figure carved out of wood.) skera út; rista; tálga
    2) (to cut up (meat) into slices: Father carved the joint.) skera
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    - carve out

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  • 4 clutch

    1. verb
    1) ((with at) to try to take hold of: I clutched at a floating piece of wood to save myself from drowning.) grípa í, þrífa
    2) (to hold tightly (in the hands): She was clutching a 50-cent piece.) halda fast um
    2. noun
    1) (control or power: He fell into the clutches of the enemy.) (í) greipar
    2) ((the pedal operating) a device by means of which two moving parts of an engine may be connected or disconnected: He released the clutch and the car started to move.) kúpling
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  • 5 lathe

    [leið]
    (a machine for shaping wood, metal etc, which turns the piece of wood etc which is to be shaped round and round against a tool held steady by the operator.) rennibekkur

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  • 6 square

    [skweə] 1. noun
    1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) ferningur
    2) (something in the shape of this.) ferningslaga hlutur
    3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) torg
    4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) tvíveldi, annað veldi
    2. adjective
    1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) ferhyrndur; kantaður, kubbslegur
    2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) jafn, kvittur
    3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) fermetri
    4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) hallærislegur
    3. adverb
    1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) (horn)rétt
    2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) beint; fast
    4. verb
    1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) gera ferkantaðan
    2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) gera upp við
    3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) samræmast
    4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) hefja í annað veldi
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    - squarely
    - square centimetre
    - metre
    - square root
    - fair and square
    - go back to square one
    - a square deal

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  • 7 stick

    I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb
    1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) stinga, reka
    2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) stinga(st)
    3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) festa, líma
    4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) festast
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    - sticky
    - stickily
    - stickiness
    - sticking-plaster
    - stick-in-the-mud
    - come to a sticky end
    - stick at
    - stick by
    - stick it out
    - stick out
    - stick one's neck out
    - stick to/with
    - stick together
    - stick up for     II [stik] noun
    1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) spÿta, kvistur, sprek
    2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) (göngu)stafur; kylfa
    3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) stöngull
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    - get hold of the wrong end of the stick
    - get the wrong end of the stick

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  • 8 wedge

    [we‹] 1. noun
    1) (a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood etc or in fixing something tightly in place: She used a wedge under the door to prevent it swinging shut.) fleygur
    2) (something similar in shape: a wedge of cheese.) geiri
    2. verb
    (to fix or become fixed by, or as if by, a wedge or wedges: He is so fat that he got wedged in the doorway.) verða blÿfastur

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  • 9 bat

    I 1. [bæt] noun
    (a shaped piece of wood etc for striking the ball in cricket, baseball, table-tennis etc.) knatttré; spaði; kylfa
    2. verb
    1) (to use a bat: He bats with his left hand.) slá
    2) (to strike (the ball) with a bat: He batted the ball.) slá, kÿla
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    - off one's own bat II [bæt] noun
    (a mouse-like animal which flies, usually at night.) leðurblaka

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  • 10 batten

    ['bætn]
    (a piece of wood used for keeping other pieces in place: These strips are all fastened together with a batten.) battingur, mjótt borð/fjöl

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  • 11 beam

    [bi:m] 1. noun
    1) (a long straight piece of wood, often used in ceilings.) bjálki, biti
    2) (a ray of light etc: a beam of sunlight.) geisli
    3) (the greatest width of a ship or boat.) breiðasti hluti skips
    2. verb
    1) (to smile broadly: She beamed with delight.) ljóma (gleið)brosa
    2) (to send out (rays of light, radio waves etc): This transmitter beams radio waves all over the country.) (senda frá sér) geisla; senda út, útvarpa

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  • 12 board

    [bo:d] 1. noun
    1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) borð, fjöl
    2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) tafla, borð
    3) (meals: board and lodging.) kostur, fæði
    4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) (stjórnar)nefnd, stjórn
    2. verb
    1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) ganga um borð, fara upp í
    2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) vera kostgangari; leigja og vera í fæði
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    - boarding-house
    - boarding-school
    - across the board
    - go by the board

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  • 13 boomerang

    (a curved piece of wood used by Australian aborigines which, when thrown, returns to the thrower.) bjúgverpill, búmerang

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  • 14 clamp

    [klæmp] 1. noun
    (a piece of wood, iron etc used to fasten things together or to strengthen them.) þvinga, klemma
    2. verb
    (to bind together with a clamp: They clamped the iron rods together.) klemma, þvinga

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  • 15 domino

    ['dominəu]
    plural - dominoes; noun
    (an oblong piece of wood etc marked with spots with which the game of dominoes is played.) dómínókubbur

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  • 16 float

    [fləut] 1. verb
    (to (make something) stay on the surface of a liquid: A piece of wood was floating in the stream.) fljóta
    2. noun
    1) (something that floats on a fishing-line: If the float moves, there is probably a fish on the hook.) flotholt
    2) (a vehicle for transporting certain things: a milk-float; a cattle-float.) (flutninga)vagn
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    - floating restaurant

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  • 17 match

    [mæ ] I noun
    (a short piece of wood or other material tipped with a substance that catches fire when rubbed against a rough or specially-prepared surface: He struck a match.) eldspÿta
    II 1. noun
    1) (a contest or game: a football/rugby/chess match.) keppni
    2) (a thing that is similar to or the same as another in some way(s) eg in colour or pattern: These trousers are not an exact match for my jacket.) samstæða; sem á vel við e-ð annað
    3) (a person who is able to equal another: She has finally met her match at arguing.) jafnoki, jafningi
    4) (a marriage or an act of marrying: She hoped to arrange a match for her daughter.) hjónaband, ráðahagur
    2. verb
    1) (to be equal or similar to something or someone in some way eg in colour or pattern: That dress matches her red hair.) passa við, eiga saman
    2) (to set (two things, people etc) to compete: He matched his skill against the champion's.) reyna sig við
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    - matchless
    - matchmaker

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  • 18 oar

    [o:]
    (a long piece of wood with a flat end for rowing a boat.) ár

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  • 19 palette

    ['pælit]
    (a small flat piece of wood etc, with a hole for the thumb, on which an artist mixes his colours.) litaspjald

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  • 20 panel

    ['pænl]
    1) (a flat, straight-sided piece of wood, fabric etc such as is put into a door, wall, dress etc: a door-panel.) panill, þil, þilja
    2) (a group of people chosen for a particular purpose eg to judge a contest, take part in a quiz or other game: I will ask some questions and the panel will try to answer them.) dómnefnd; pallborðsumræðuhópur
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    - panelling

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