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Balsa n balsa, balsa woodDeutsch-Englisch Fachwörterbuch Architektur und Bauwesen > Balsa
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f.1 raft.2 pond, pool.* * *1 pool2 MARÍTIMO raft\* * *ISF1) (Náut) (=embarcación) raftbalsa de salvamento, balsa salvavidas — life raft
2) (Bot) balsa, balsa woodIISF1) (=charca) pool, pond2) Méx (=pantano) swamp, marshy place* * *1) ( embarcación) raftbalsa inflable/neumática — inflatable/rubber raft
2) ( charca) pool ( where water is stored for irrigation purposes)como una balsa de aceite — as calm o smooth as a millpond
* * *= raft.Ex. And there is more to be gained from an imaginary nineteenth-century boy floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a fleeing black slave than a good deal of everyday, 'direct' experience can give.----* balsa de pontones = pontoon raft.* balsa salvavidas = life raft.* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.* * *1) ( embarcación) raftbalsa inflable/neumática — inflatable/rubber raft
2) ( charca) pool ( where water is stored for irrigation purposes)como una balsa de aceite — as calm o smooth as a millpond
* * *= raft.Ex: And there is more to be gained from an imaginary nineteenth-century boy floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a fleeing black slave than a good deal of everyday, 'direct' experience can give.
* balsa de pontones = pontoon raft.* balsa salvavidas = life raft.* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.* * *A (embarcación) raftbalsa inflable/neumática inflatable/rubber raftCompuesto:balsa salvavidas or de salvamentolife raftB ( Bot) balsacomo una balsa de aceite: el mar está como una balsa de aceite the sea is like a millpondtodo va como una balsa de aceite it's all going swimmingly o very smoothly* * *
balsa sustantivo femenino ( embarcación) raft;◊ balsa inflable/salvavidas inflatable/life raft
balsa 1 sustantivo femenino Náut raft
balsa hinchable, inflatable raft
balsa salvavidas, life raft
balsa 2 sustantivo femenino
1 (charca, estanque) pool, pond
♦ Locuciones: figurado como una balsa de aceite, as calm as a millpond
' balsa' also found in these entries:
English:
downstream
- ferry
- float
- raft
- life
* * *balsa nf1. [embarcación] raft2. [estanque] pond, pool;ser una balsa de aceite [mar] to be as calm as a millpond;[reunión] to go smoothly3. [árbol] balsa;[madera] balsa-wood* * *f raft;como una balsa de aceite fig like a mill pond* * *balsa nf1) : raft2) : balsa* * *balsa n1. (embarcación) raft2. (charca) pool -
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[ˈbɔːlsə] noun1) ( also balsa tree) a tropical American tree.شَجَرَةٌ استِوائيَّة أمريكيّه2) ( often ˈbalsa-wood) its very lightweight wood:حَشَبُ شَجَرَةِ البلْساHis model aeroplane is made of balsa.
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Русско-английский словарь по деревообрабатывающей промышленности > бальза
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balsa wood — noun strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats • Syn: ↑balsa • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑balsa, ↑Ochroma lagopus * * * balsa … Useful english dictionary
Balsa wood bridge — The building of balsa wood bridges is very often used as an educational activity. It may be accompanied by a larger project involving varying areas of study. Typically classes which would include a balsa wood bridge project cover the subject… … Wikipedia
balsa wood — n. light strong wood (used to build models, rafts, etc.); raft … English contemporary dictionary
balsa — (also balsa wood) ► NOUN ▪ very lightweight timber obtained from a tropical American tree, used chiefly for making models and rafts. ORIGIN Spanish, raft … English terms dictionary
balsa — /bawl seuh, bahl /, n. 1. a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc. 2. a raft made of balsa wood. 3. any life raft. [1770… … Universalium
balsa — [[t]bɔ͟ːlsə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Balsa or balsa wood is a very light wood from a South American tree … English dictionary
balsa — [ bɒlsə] noun 1》 (also balsa wood) very lightweight timber used chiefly for making models and rafts. 2》 the fast growing tropical American tree from which balsa wood is obtained. [Ochroma lagopus.] Origin C17: from Sp., raft … English new terms dictionary
balsa — n. 1 (in full balsa wood) a type of tough lightweight wood used for making models etc. 2 the tropical American tree, Ochroma lagopus, from which it comes. Etymology: Sp., = raft … Useful english dictionary
Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… … Universalium
balsa — ☆ balsa [bôl′sə ] n. [Sp] 1. any of several tropical American trees (genus Ochroma) of the bombax family that yield an extremely light and buoyant wood used for rafts, model airplanes, etc. 2. the wood 3. a raft, esp. one made up of a frame… … English World dictionary
balsa — S.Amer. tree, 1866, apparently from Sp. balsa float, originally the name of rafts used on the Pacific coast of Latin America (1777). The wood is very light … Etymology dictionary