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1 rubble
أَنْقَاض \ debris: remains; scattered broken pieces. rubble: small bits of broken buildings: The explosion turned his house into a heap of rubble. ruin: (often pl.) sth. that is ruined, esp. a building: The castle was in ruins. It had been a ruin since it was burnt in the war. -
2 Bauschutt
m builder’s rubble ( oder rubbish)* * *Bau|schuttmbuilding rubble* * *Bau·schuttm building rubble* * * -
3 строительная резина
Construction: building rubbleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > строительная резина
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4 Bauschutt
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5 Bauschuttaufbereitungsanlage
fbuilding rubble processing plantDeutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > Bauschuttaufbereitungsanlage
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6 строительный
building (attr.); construction (attr.)строительная площадка — building site / plot
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7 sepelibetoni
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8 строительный
building (attr); construction (attr)строи́тельные материа́лы — building / construction materials
строи́тельный му́сор — construction rubble
строи́тельный рабо́чий — construction worker
строи́тельный сезо́н — building season
строи́тельная компа́ния — construction company
строи́тельная площа́дка — construction / project site
строи́тельная брига́да — construction gang
строи́тельная те́хника — construction(al) engineering
строи́тельный раство́р — mortar (mix)
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9 отходы строительства
отходы строительства
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building waste
Masonry and rubble wastes arising from the demolition or reconstruction of buildings or other civil engineering structures.
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Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > отходы строительства
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10 täytemuuri
building / construction industry• filling-in workbuilding / construction industry• rubble work -
11 murblokk
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12 escombros
* * *SMPL (=basura) rubbish sing, garbage (EEUU) sing ; [de obra, edificio] debris sing, rubble sing ; (Min) slag sing* * *masculino plural rubble* * *= rubble, debris, wreckage, builders' rubble, construction debris, building debris.Ex. The article ' Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.Ex. Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.Ex. The wreckage of a Venetian galleon and its cargo were found on the seabed near the islet of Gnalic in Dalmatia.Ex. It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.Ex. As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.----* vertedero de escombros = landfill site, landfill.* * *masculino plural rubble* * *= rubble, debris, wreckage, builders' rubble, construction debris, building debris.Ex: The article ' Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.
Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.Ex: The wreckage of a Venetian galleon and its cargo were found on the seabed near the islet of Gnalic in Dalmatia.Ex: It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.Ex: As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.* vertedero de escombros = landfill site, landfill.* * *rubblelo encontraron entre los escombros they found him among the rubbletras el bombardeo la ciudad quedó reducida a escombros the bombing left the city in ruins o reduced the city to rubble* * *
escombros sustantivo masculino plural
rubble
escombros mpl rubble, debris sing
' escombros' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contenedor
- verter
- remover
English:
debris
- rubble
- skip
- Dumpster
- pull
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13 cascajo
m.1 rubble.2 gravel, riprap, pebbledash, rock dash.* * *1 (guijo) gravel, rubble3 familiar (trasto viejo) piece of junk\* * *SM1) (=grava) gravel, piece of gravel2) [de vasija] fragments pl, shards pl3) (=trasto) junk, rubbish, garbage (EEUU)* * *masculino (fam)1) ( trasto viejo) wreck (colloq)2) (Col) (Const) piece of gravel* * *= builders' rubble, rubble, construction debris, building debris.Ex. It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.Ex. The article ' Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.Ex. As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.* * *masculino (fam)1) ( trasto viejo) wreck (colloq)2) (Col) (Const) piece of gravel* * *= builders' rubble, rubble, construction debris, building debris.Ex: It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.
Ex: The article ' Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.Ex: As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.* * *( fam)ando hecho un cascajo I'm a real old wreck ( colloq)* * *
cascajo sustantivo masculino (fam)
1 ( trasto viejo) wreck (colloq)
2 (Col) (Const) piece of gravel
* * *cascajo nm1. [cascote] rubble2. CompFamestar hecho un cascajo to be a wreck* * *m fig fam:estar hecho un cascajo be a wreck fam* * *cascajo nm1) : pebble, rock fragment -
14 cascotes
m.pl.rubble.* * *1 rubble sing* * *= builders' rubble, rubble, construction debris, building debris.Ex. It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.Ex. The article ' Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.Ex. As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.* * *= builders' rubble, rubble, construction debris, building debris.Ex: It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.
Ex: The article ' Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.Ex: As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain. -
15 Bauschutt
m <bau.ents> (betont: von Abbrucharbeiten) ■ demolition debris; demolition rubble; construction wastem <bau.ents> (allg. von Baumaßnahmen, Baustellen) ■ construction waste; waste building material; builders' rubble; building rubbish; rubble coll -
16 Schutt
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17 material
adj.1 physical.2 real, actual (real).3 material, bodily.m.1 material (sustancia).material de desecho waste material2 equipment (instrumentos).material bélico war materialmateriales de construcción building materialsmaterial escolar school materialsmaterial de guerra war materialmaterial de oficina office stationery3 cloth, material.* * *► adjetivo1 (en general) material; (físico) physical2 (real) real1 (sustancia) material2 (conjunto de cosas) material, materials plural, equipment3 (datos, información) material\material escolar teaching material(s)material de guerra war materialmaterial de oficina office stationerymateriales de construcción building materialsmateriales de desecho waste material sing* * *1. noun m.1) material2) stuff2. adj.* * *1. ADJ1) [ayuda, valor etc] material2) (=físico) physicalla presencia material de algn — sb's physical o bodily presence
daños materiales — physical damage, damage to property
3) (=real)la imposibilidad material de... — the physical impossibility of...
2. SM1) (=materia) material2) (=equipo) equipmentmaterial bélico, material de guerra — war material, military equipment
material de oficina — office supplies pl, stationery
material móvil, material rodante — rolling stock
3) (Tip) copy4) * (=cuero) leather5)de material — LAm made of bricks, brick-built
* * *Ia) <necesidades/ayuda/valor> materialdaños materiales — damage to property, material damage
b) <autor/causante> actualc) ( uso enfático)II1) (elemento, sustancia) material2)a) ( útiles) materials (pl)b) (datos, documentos, etc) material•* * *Ia) <necesidades/ayuda/valor> materialdaños materiales — damage to property, material damage
b) <autor/causante> actualc) ( uso enfático)II1) (elemento, sustancia) material2)a) ( útiles) materials (pl)b) (datos, documentos, etc) material•* * *material11 = equipment, material, matter, stuff, fare, infrastructure, fodder, material.Ex: A post-coordinate index depends upon specialised equipment and storage devices.
Ex: It is my understanding that the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd edition, (AACR2) will prescribe the same entry rules for all materials.Ex: A plate is a leaf containing illustrative matter, with or without explanatory text, that does not form part of either the preliminary or the main sequences of pages or leaves.Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.Ex: Children seek education deliberately when they use the library to do their homework while many of the other borrowers are looking for recreational fare.Ex: Priority sectors are in energy, industry and infrastructure.Ex: The diverse range of perspectives represented provides fodder for lively debates.Ex: The material in the exhibition is organized into four thematic sections: objects used in daily life, funerary rites, religious items, and works of art.* archivero especializado en material audiovisual = audiovisual archivist.* basado en material impreso = print-based.* bibliotecario especializado en material audiovisual = audiovisual librarian.* biblioteconomía especializada en el material audiovisual = audiovisual librarianship.* buscar material = pursue + material.* catalogación de material no librario = non-book cataloguing.* censurar material = challenge + materials.* censuras a los materiales = challenges to materials.* centrado en el material impreso = print-centred [print-centered, -USA].* centro de material didáctico escolar = school resource centre.* ciencias de los materiales = materials sciences.* ciencia y tecnología de los materiales = materials science and technology.* colocación del material de vuelta en los estantes = shelving.* Conferencia Panafricana sobre Preservacion y Conservación de Material Bibli = Pan-African Conference on the Preservation and Conservation of Library and Archival Materials.* desarrollo de material educativo = instructional development.* editor de material electrónico = electronic publisher [e-publisher].* editor de material multimedia = multimedia publisher.* envío de material = freight forwarding.* fondos de material audiovisual = AV holdings.* frecuencia de préstamo del material = turnover rate.* imprenta de material efímero = jobbing house, jobbing office, jobbing printer.* inmovilizado material = tangible assets.* ISBD(A) (Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional - material anti = ISBD(A) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Antiquarian).* material anejo = accompanying material.* material audiovisual = a-v material, audiovisual item, audiovisual material, AV material, audiovisual aids, audiovisual media.* material bibliotecario = library stock, library materials.* material cartográfico = cartographic material.* material complementario = accompanying material.* material con copyright = copyright material, copyrighted material.* material crítico = critical matter.* material de archivo = archival material, archive material.* material de arte = art material.* material de ayuda = help pack.* material de construcción = building material.* material de empaste = filling material.* material de encuadernación = covering material.* material de enseñanza programada = programmed material.* material de estudio = study material, course material, curriculum material, curriculum resource, study package.* material de fondo = backing.* material del centro de recursos = resource centre material.* material del curso = course material, curriculum material, curriculum resource.* material de lectura = reading material, reading matter.* material de lectura para adultos = adult reading matter.* material del rodillo = roller stock.* material de ocio = entertainment material.* material de oficina = office equipment, office supplies.* material de papelería = printing supplies.* material de referencia = reference material.* material de relleno = filler.* material de reserva = reserve stock.* material de tamaño mayor de lo normal = outsize material.* material didáctico = teaching material, learning materials, course material, curriculum material, study package, instructional material.* material didáctico de apoyo = study aide.* material didáctico entregado en clase = class handout.* material digital = digital media.* material docente = study material.* material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature.* material donado de segunda mano = hand-me-down material.* material editado por el propio autor = self-published material.* material educativo = study material, teaching material, learning materials, study package, instructional material.* material efímero = ephemera, ephemeral, fugitive material, ephemeral material.* material electrónico = electronic material [e-material], online material.* materiales menores = minor materials.* material fotográfico = photographic material.* material genético = genetic material.* material gráfico = graphic material.* material histórico = historical material.* material impreso = print, print media, print material, offline material, printed material.* material inflamable = flammable material.* material informativo = information material.* material multimedia = media material, media title.* material no bibliográfico = non-book material.* material no devuelto = non-return.* material no impreso = non-print [nonprint], non-print media.* material no librario = non-book material.* material oculto = buried material.* material para adultos = adult materials.* material polémico = challenged materials.* material procedente del dragado = dredged material.* material protegido por el derecho de autor = copyright material, copyrighted material.* material publicitario = publicity material, advertising material.* material que no es revista científica = non-journal material.* material radioactivo = radioactive material.* material reflectante = reflective material.* material renovable = renewable material.* material reprográfico = reprographic equipment.* material táctil = tactile material.* material técnico = technical equipment.* material tecnológico = technological equipment.* material termoplástico = thermoplastic.* material tipográfico = typographical equipment.* material y equipos de oficina = office supply and equipment.* orientado hacia el material impreso = print-centred [print-centered, -USA].* paquete de material didáctico = training package.* petición de material = material-finding enquiry.* plan de adquisición de material a vista = approval plan.* preservar material = preserve + material.* presupuesto para adquisición de material = capital budget.* presupuesto para la compra de material = materials budget.* proveedor de material de oficina = office supplier.* proveedor de materiales = materials vendor.* recoger material = gather + material.* reunir material = gather + material.* sala de material audiovisual = audiovisual room.* selección de material = materials selection.* suministrar material de equipo = supply + equipment.* suministro de material multimedia = media supply.* trabajo de impresión de material efímero = ephemeral jobbing.* trabajos de impresión de material efímero = jobbing work.* transporte de material = freight forwarding.* venta de material impreso = print sale.material22 = artifactual, material.Ex: Unless the filmed material is deemed of high artistic or artifactual value, it is subsequently pulped.
Ex: His paintings suggest the possibility that material things can be transformed to accommodate a transcendent and spiritual vision.* beneficio material = material benefit.* causar daño material = cause + material injury.* daño material = material damage.* daño no material = immaterial damage.* mundo material = material world.* objeto material = material object.* * *1 ‹necesidades/ayuda› material; ‹valor› materiallos daños materiales eran graves the damage to property o the material damage was seriousestá muy apegado a los bienes materiales he is very materialistic, he cares a lot about material possessions2(uso enfático): no tengo tiempo material para cosértelo I really don't have time to sew it for youante la imposibilidad material de asistir al acto since it was quite impossible for her to attend the ceremony3 ‹autor/causante› actualA1 (elemento, sustancia) materiales un material muy flexible it is a very flexible materialmateriales para la construcción building materials2Compuesto:( ant); plasticB1 (útiles) materials (pl)2 (datos, documentos, etc) materialestá reuniendo material para el artículo she is collecting material for the articleCompuestos:( period); military equipment● material de demoliciones or derriboreclaimed o secondhand building materials (pl)office stationeryteaching materials (pl)(papel, películas) photographic materials (pl); (lentes, filtros) photographic equipment● material móvil or rodanterolling stock* * *
material adjetivo
◊ daños materiales damage to property, material damage
■ sustantivo masculino
1 ( en general) material;
2 ( útiles) materials (pl);
material didáctico/escolar teaching/school materials (pl)
material
I adj (no espiritual) material, physical
bienes materiales, material goods
II sustantivo masculino material
material informático, computer materials pl
' material' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absorbente
- bélica
- bélico
- concha
- corcho
- de
- empeñar
- ser
- flexible
- heredar
- hule
- laminar
- legar
- legado
- materia
- ofimática
- ordinaria
- ordinario
- oscurecer
- oscurecerse
- paño
- penetrar
- pintura
- rígida
- rigidez
- rígido
- ruda
- rudo
- sintética
- sintético
- sólida
- solidez
- sólido
- tartán
- tela
- térmica
- térmico
- tolerancia
- tratamiento
- alambrada
- algodón
- apego
- caída
- carey
- cartón
- contraer
- corte
- cuadro
- elasticidad
- elástico
English:
ancillary
- artwork
- bronze
- creature
- effluent
- equipment
- flammable
- flint
- furnish
- material
- matter
- perish
- physical
- raw material
- resilience
- resilient
- rolling stock
- stuff
- supply
- teaching materials
- unrefined
- comfort
- deteriorate
- earthenware
- fencing
- flaw
- flimsy
- glass
- heavy
- hokum
- hole
- impervious
- inflexible
- itchy
- ivory
- literature
- making
- man
- oddment
- of
- over
- padding
- paper
- plaid
- pliable
- pulp
- raw
- robust
- rubbery
- shape
* * *♦ adj1. [físico] physical;[consecuencias] material;los daños materiales fueron cuantiosos the physical damage o damage to property was considerable;el objeto robado no tenía ningún valor material the stolen object had no material o financial value2. [real] real, actual;el autor material del asesinato the person actually responsible for carrying out the murder;no hay tiempo material para discutir el problema there's simply no time to discuss the problem♦ nm1. [sustancia] materialmaterial de desecho waste material;material genético genetic material;material refractario heat-resistant o fireproof material2. [datos, información] material;no hay suficiente material como para escribir una novela there isn't enough material to write a novel3. [instrumentos] equipmentmaterial audiovisual audiovisual equipment and material;material bélico military equipment;materiales de construcción building materials;material deportivo sports equipment;material didáctico teaching materials;material escolar school materials;material fotográfico photographic equipment;material fungible [desechable] disposable materials;Informát [cartuchos, disquetes] consumables;material de guerra war material;material de laboratorio laboratory materials;material de oficina office suppliesuna casa de material a house built of brick, a brick-built house* * *m/adj material* * *material adj1) : material, physical, real2)daños materiales : property damagematerial nm1) : materialmaterial de construcción: building material2) equipo: equipment, gear* * *material n1. (sustancia) material2. (equipo) equipment -
18 démolition
démolition [demɔlisjɔ̃]feminine noun[d'immeuble, quartier] demolition* * *demɔlisjɔ̃
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1) ( de construction) demolition2) fig destruction
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démolitions nom féminin pluriel rubble [U]* * *demɔlisjɔ̃ nf[mur, immeuble] demolition* * *A nf1 (de maison, construction) demolition; travaux/chantier/entreprise de démolition demolition works/site/contractor; bâtiment en (cours de) démolition building under demolition;2 (de réputation, système, doctrine, d'institution) destruction.B démolitions nfpl rubble ¢; les victimes ensevelies sous les démolitions the victims buried under the rubble.[demɔlisjɔ̃] nom féminin————————de démolition locution adjectivalechantier/entreprise de démolition demolition site/contractors————————en démolition locution adjectivale -
19 бутовый камень
1) Geology: quarrystone2) Engineering: crushed stone, hearting, rag, rubble, rubble stone, sneck3) Construction: cyclopean aggregate (крупностью более 150 мм), displacer (для бутобетона), fence stone (из которого сложена ограда сухой кладки), plum (для бутобетона), quarry rock, quarry stone4) Silicates: building stone5) Makarov: rabble stone -
20 GRJÓT
n. stones; verða at grjóti, to be turned into stones; bera grjót á e-n, berja e-n grjóti, to stone one.* * *n. [A. S. greôt; Engl. grit; Hel. griot; O. H. G. grioz; Low Germ. grott = gravel; Germ. greis, meaning gravel, shingle, pebbles, or the like; cp. also Engl. to grout = to build a wall of rubble with liquid mortar poured in; the Icel. grautr (q. v.) and grútr (q. v.) are also kindred]:—stones, but chiefly with the notion of rough stones or rubble in a building, etc.; grjót, like Engl. grit, is a collective word, and is consequently never used in plur.; a single stone is called steinn, not grjót; velta grjóti, to roll stones, Gs. 12; nú er grjót þat at gleri orðit, Hdl. 10; grjót ( quarry) þat er til kirkna þarf at hafa, N. G. L. i. 240; hann lét ok göra há-altarit með grjót, Bs. i. 830; telgt grjót, cut stones, Stj. 564; rata munn létumk grjót gnaga, Hm. 106; hljóp ofan skriða mikil með grjóti, Anal. 64; verða at grjóti, to be turned into stones, Edda 89; þeir báru grjót á rótina, Gullþ. 50; torf eða grjót, Grág. ii. 262; þeir ruddu hitt ok báru þar í grjót (sinking a ship), Eg. 125; dys ór grjóti, Ld. 152; berja grjóti, to stone, Gísl. 34; vóru þau barin grjóti í hel, id.; sá engin líkindi Dana-virkis, nema grjótið, but the heaps of stones, Fms. i. 28; konungr hugði at grjótinu ok sá þar rautt allt, xi. 239; svá at þess mætti eigi sjá merki, nema þat eina er grjótið var rautt eptir, 241 (of the shingle on the beach); hvárt sem vill, af heitu grjóti eðr köldu, Sks. 421; límsett grjót, lime-set stones in a wall, Orkn. 352 (in a verse); lét jarl bera vatn í at kæla grjótið þat er brunnit var, id., (in a siege in order to make the walls crack, see Notes and Queries, Nov. 21, 1868); berjask með skotum ok grjóti (in a battle), Fs. 14; grjót ok skot, stones and missiles, Fms. vii. 82; þeir höfðu borið at sér grjót ok báru á þá, bíða þess er grjótið eyddisk, Sturl. ii. 59: of bricks, Stj. 264: in poetry, ölna grjót, the stones of the wrist, = jewels; skýja-grjót, ‘cloud-stones,’ hail; grjót orða, munns, the stones of words, of the mouth, i. e. the teeth: giants are called grjót-niðaðr, grjót-móði, grjót-öld, the stone people, people of the Stone Age, Lex. Poët.; Grjót-unn, name of a giantess (cp. Steinunn, a female name), whence Grjótunnar-garðar, a giant’s castle, Edda: collectively in compds, -grýti, blá-grýti, stór-grýti, rough stones; hraun-grýti, lava.COMPDS: grjótberg, grjótbjörg, grjótbjörn, grjótbrot, grjótburðr, grjótfall, grjótflaug, grjótflutning, grjótgarðr, grjóthagl, grjóthaugr, grjóthlað, grjóthlass, grjóthóll, grjóthríð, grjóthörgr, grjótkast, grjótklettr, grjótligr, grjótmeistari, grjótmöl, grjótpáll, grjótskriða, grjótsmiðr, grjótsmíð, grjótstarf, grjótsveinn, grjótsýsla, grjótrugr, grjótvarði, grjótvarp.
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