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61 pit
1) яма; колодец; шурф; шахта2) зумпф3) карьер; котлован5) смотровая яма, ремонтная яма6) дутик ( дефект штукатурки)•- ball pit- ballast pit - borrow pit - brick pit - cable pit - catch pit - compost pit - conduit pit - corrosion pit - detritus pit - drain pit - dump pit - foundation pit - gravel pit - inspection pit - lime pit - open pit - open test pit - pole pit - repair pit - sand pit - seepage pit - settling pit - shoed pit - stone pit - strip pit - sump pit - tailwater pit - trial pit - wet pit* * *1. котлован2. приямок3. колодец4. шахта5. шурф6. карьер- ballast pit
- borrow pit
- drainage pit
- elevator pit
- leaching pit
- maturing pit
- meter pit
- open pit
- recharge pit
- seepage pit
- slaking pit
- trial pit
- turbine pit
- underpinning pit
- wet pit -
62 bed
1) залежь
2) коечный
3) кроватный
4) ложе
5) ложемент
6) обменный
7) пласт
8) подложка кожи
9) постель
10) русло
11) русловой
12) русловый
13) талер
14) слой
15) стенд
16) станина
17) подкладной
18) месторождение
19) пластовый
20) основание
– anchor bed
– ballast bed
– bed capacity
– bed charge
– bed depth
– bed frame
– bed of brick
– bed stone
– boulder bed
– casting bed
– die bed contour
– engine bed
– fixed bed reduction
– fluidized bed
– fuel bed
– locking bed
– louvre bed
– mast bed
– moving bed
– needle bed
– percolation bed
– railroad bed
– stone bed
– truck bed
– trunnion bed
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63 quarry
1) каменный карьер, каменоломня, открытая выработка; разнос2) добывать камень из карьера; разрабатывать карьер•- ballast quarry - building-stone quarry - dimension-stone quarry - lime quarry - marble quarry - rock quarry - sand quarry* * *1. карьер; открытая выемка [выработка]2. керамическая неглазурованная плитка (для полов, реже стен)3. квадратный кусок листового стекла- boulder quarry -
64 crusher
- crusher
- nдробилка
- alligator crusher
- ball crusher
- ballast crusher
- Blake jaw crusher
- cone crusher
- gates crusher
- gyratory cone crusher
- gyratory crusher
- hammer crusher
- impact crusher
- jaw crusher
- mobile crusher
- primary crusher
- rolling crusher
- roll crusher
- rotary crusher
- secondary crusher
- single toggle jaw crusher
- stone crusher
- tertiary crusher
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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65 bed
- bed
- n1. основание ( фундамента)
2. подстилающий слой; постель
3. лещадь
4. постельная грань (камня, кирпича)
5. клумба; гряда
6. геол. пласт, горизонт, слой
7. русло; дно ( реки)
8. заделывать, укладывать (напр. кабель)
- bed of boards
- bed of brick
- bed of mortar
- bed of slate
- aeration bed
- anion bed
- back bed
- bacteria bed
- ballast bed
- beam bed
- canal bed
- casting bed
- cation bed
- competent bed
- concrete casting bed
- confining bed
- contact bed
- contact filter bed
- crushed-stone bed
- drain filter beds
- drying bed
- equalizing bed
- filter bed
- filtration beds
- fluidized bed
- foundation bed
- ice bed
- limestone bed
- low-water bed
- mixed bed
- mortar bed
- natural bed
- packed bed
- pipeline bed
- prestressing bed
- prestress bed
- railroad bed
- river bed
- road bed
- rock bed
- sand bed
- seepage bed
- sludge draining bed
- sludge drying bed
- suspended sludge bed
- underdrainage bed
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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66 box
1) ящик; коробка || упаковывать в ящик или коробку2) втулка; гнездо3) кожух; корпус5) камера; шкаф; бокс7) будка (напр. телефонная)8) метр. (измерительный) магазин13) обойма ( щёткодержателя)14) связь ячейка ( области)15) электрон., вчт. блок16) прямоугольник ( блок-схемы); рамка ( машинного графика)17) ячейка ( наборной кассы)18) полигр. рамка19) ж.-д. букса21) с.-х. стойло•-
accessory box
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accumulator box
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acoustically insulated box
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anechoic box
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annealing box
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ash box
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attenuation box
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axle box
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balance box
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ballast box
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band box
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base box
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battery box
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bellows style box
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black box
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bliss box
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book box
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branch box
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brush box
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Buffalo box
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built-up molding box
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cable box
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call box
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cam box
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camera box
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capacitance box
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carburizing box
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cardboard box
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casting box
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center special slotting box
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centrifugal box
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cess box
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charging box
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chill box
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circular box
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cleanout box
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cleated fiberboard box
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cleated plywood box
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cleated wood box
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coking box
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cold box
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cold storage box
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collapsible box
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common antenna distribution box
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compression box
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condenser box
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connecting box
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control box
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core box
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coupling box
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crimp box
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culvert box
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curb-stop box
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curb box
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curved plane box
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decade box
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decision box
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dehydration box
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delivery box
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descaling box
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dialogue box
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die box
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discharge box
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display outer box
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distribution box
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dividing box
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division box
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double cover box
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double-cutting planer tool box
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drawing box
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drop-end box
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dry box
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dry hot box
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drying box
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dump box
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dusting box
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dustproof box
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echo box
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effects box
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ejector box
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end signal box
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engine oil pressure test box
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exhaust box
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extracting box
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fancy box
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feed box
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feeder box
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feeding box
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film box
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folding box
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free-water knockoutbox
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freezer box
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full-flap slotted box
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functional box
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function box
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fuse box
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gear box
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germinating box
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gland box
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glove box
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graded-scrap box
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gravel box
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half-part molding box
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half-slotted box
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hand-held box
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haulage box
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Hogness box
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horizontal locking box
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hot box
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hydrant street box
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inductance box
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inlet box
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interlocking double cover box
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interlocking signal box
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jack box
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j-box
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jig box
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joint box
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journal box
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junction box
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key box
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knife box
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knock-down box
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knockout box
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label box
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light-tight box
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load box
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lock bottom box
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lock corner box
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locking box
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mail box
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mailing box
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matte box
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measuring box
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miter box
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mixing box
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mold box
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molding box
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monitor box
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mud box
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multiple core box
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numbering box
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oil distributing box
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overlap slotted box
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packer box
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pallet box
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pedestal journal box
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phase segregated terminal box
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phase separated terminal box
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pouring box
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power box
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pressing box
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Pribnow box
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proof box
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public-call box
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pull-through box
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receiving box
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recessed end box
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refrigerator box
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relay box
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resistance box
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reverse box
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rose box
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rotor gear box
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run-down box
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runner box
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salt-spray box
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sand box
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sealing box
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sediment box
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separator box
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service box
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settling box
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set-up box
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shell-and-slide box
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shielded box
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shunt box
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shuttle box
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side tool box
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sieve box
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signal box
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single-cavity core box
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skid box
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slide box
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smoke box
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soap box
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speed-change box
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speed box
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spinning box
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splice box
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spreading box
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starting box
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steam box
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steam cooking box
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steering box
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stern tube stuffing box
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still cheese box
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stilling box
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stone-filled box
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storage box
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straining box
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stripping box
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strum box
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stuffing box
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stunt box
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switch box
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telescope box
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terminal box
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tolerance box
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tool box
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tool joint box
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top molding box
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Topham box
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torque box
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tote-box
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totebox
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track box
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traction gear box
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traffic controlling box
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transfer box
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twin-cell bulk box
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type box
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underwater box
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vertical locking box
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video tape box
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voltage control box
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voltage-ratio box
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walk-in box
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water box
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weighing box
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weight box
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weir box
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wide-angle matte box
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wind box
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wire-bound wooden box
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wire-stitched cardboard box
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wood-reinforced fiberboard box -
67 cleaner
1) очиститель (аппарат, устройство, приспособление); пищ. тж очистительная машина3) фильтр4) горн. уборщик породы5) метал. формовочный инструмент для очистки•-
air cleaner
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air-and-screen cleaner
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alkaline cleaner
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ball cleaner
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ballast cleaner
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blanket cleaner
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bottle cleaner
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bran cleaner
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brush cleaner
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caustic cleaner
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centrifugal gas cleaner
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centrifugal oil cleaner
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cloth cleaner
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cooling system cleaner
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Cottrell gas cleaner
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data cleaner
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disk cleaner
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dry electrostatic cleaner
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dry gas cleaner
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dry-type air cleaner
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dual element air cleaner
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electric gas cleaner
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electrolytic cleaner
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electrostatic cleaner
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film cleaner
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fluid cleaner
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froth-flotation cleaner
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fume cleaner
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gas cleaner
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glass beads cleaner
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grain cleaner
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indented cylinder cleaner
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mine-car cleaner
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monocylinder cleaner
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mud cleaner
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oil cleaner
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oil-bath air cleaner
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panel-type air cleaner
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paper-element air cleaner
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plate cleaner
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plow cleaner
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pocket cleaner
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primary air cleaner
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ram-air cleaner
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rotary cleaner
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rotating belt cleaner
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roto-wall cleaner
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secondary air cleaner
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sheet cleaner
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steam cleaner
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stone cleaner
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suction cleaner
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track cleaner
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two-step-type cleaner
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ultrasonic cleaner
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ultrasonic resin cleaner
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unscrambler cleaner
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vacuum cleaner
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vibratory-type cleaner
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wall cleaner
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web cleaner
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wet gas cleaner
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wet-dry suction cleaner
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wet-type air cleaner
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windshield cleaner
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wire cleaner
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yarn cleaner -
68 crusher
1) дробилка; дробильная установка; измельчитель, машина для измельчения2) мялка3) пищ. плющилка•-
ball crusher
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ballast crusher
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bark crusher
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centrifugal crusher
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coal crusher
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cone crusher
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cullet crusher
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disk crusher
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Dodge-type jaw crusher
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double-roll crusher
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fine crusher
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gyratory crusher
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hammer crusher
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impact crusher
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inertial crusher
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initial crusher
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in-pit crusher
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jaw crusher
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mobile crusher
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ore crusher
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permanent crusher
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portable crusher
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primary crusher
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ring-roll crusher
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roll crusher
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rotary crusher
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secondary crusher
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single-impeller impact crusher
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single-roll crusher
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single-spindle hammer crusher
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single-toggie jaw crusher
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slime crusher
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stationary crusher
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stone crusher
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tertiary crusher -
69 aggregate
1) заполнитель, инертный материал ( бетона)3) агрегат; комплект (машин и т. п.)4) общий, сборный5) полный, суммарный6) собирать, сочленять, соединять•- all-in aggregate - angular aggregate - angular coarse aggregate - artificially-graded aggregate - ballast aggregate - bituminized aggregate - blast-furnace slag aggregate - bloating clay aggregate - breeze aggregate - calcareous aggregate - clinker aggregate - coarse aggregate - concrete aggregate - crushed aggregate - crushed rock aggregate - cyclopean aggregate - dense-graded aggregate - discrete aggregate - elongated aggregate - filling aggregate - fine aggregate - flat aggregate - foam slag aggregate - fully-graded aggregate - gravel aggregate - hard aggregate - heavyweight aggregate - inert aggregate - light aggregate - lightweight aggregate - loose aggregate - marble aggregate - mineral aggregate - mortar aggregate - natural aggregate - ordinary cinder aggregate - organic aggregates - plastic aggregate - polystyrene foam balls aggregate - porous aggregate - pozzolanic aggregate - prepacked aggregate - pumice aggregate - reactive aggregate - rock aggregate - rounded coarse aggregate - separated aggregate - soft aggregate - surface-dry aggregate - ungraded aggregate - vermiculite aggregate - well-graded fine aggregate* * *1. заполнитель ( бетона)2. конгломерат, смесь- aggregate of broken concrete
- abrasive aggregate
- alkali-reactive aggregates
- all-in aggregate
- angular aggregate
- artificial aggregate
- artificial coarse aggregate
- blast-furnace coarse aggregate
- blast-furnace slag aggregate
- bloating clay aggregate
- carbonaceous aggregate
- catalyzed aggregate
- cinder aggregate
- clean aggregate
- clinker aggregate
- coarse aggregate
- coarse-graded aggregate
- colliery spoil aggregate
- continuously graded aggregate
- crushed aggregate
- crushed stone aggregate
- cubical aggregate
- cyclopean aggregate
- decorative aggregate
- densely-graded aggregate
- dense-graded aggregate
- elongated aggregate
- fair-faced concrete aggregate
- fair-faced aggregate
- fine aggregate
- fine-graded aggregate
- flaky aggregate
- foam slag aggregate
- furnace cinder aggregate
- gap-graded aggregate
- glassy volcanic aggregates
- graded aggregate
- heated aggregates
- heavyweight aggregate
- high density aggregate
- highly absorptive aggregates
- interlock aggregate
- irregular aggregate
- lightweight aggregate
- lightweight expanded clay aggregate
- load-bearing aggregate
- low-grade aggregate
- metallic aggregate
- metal aggregate
- natural aggregate
- open-graded aggregate
- organic aggregates
- plastic aggregate
- porous aggregate
- pozzolanic aggregate
- pumice aggregate
- reactive aggregate
- recycled from left-over concrete aggregate
- rounded aggregate
- saturated surface-dry aggregate
- single-sized aggregate
- sintered PFA aggregate
- special-purpose aggregates
- surface-dry aggregate
- vermiculite aggregate
- well-graded aggregate -
70 road
дорога; путь; улица road access (approach) - подъездная дорога, подъезд road arterial - магистральная дорога road asphaltic concrete - асфальтобетонная дорога road backbone - магистральная дорога road ballast - дорога со щебеночным (гравийным) покрытием road blind - дорога с плохой обзорностью road block-stone - дорога с каменным брусчатым покрытием road bottle-neck - дорога с участками, стесняющими движение road bridge - проезжая часть моста road carriageable - удобопроезжая (пригодная для транспорта) дорога road cement-concrete - цементнобетонная дорога road country - загородная дорога; дорога местного значения road emergency - запасная (объездная, обходная) дорога; объезд road estate - дорога местного значения road feeder - подъездная дорога (путь) road greasy - скользкая дорога road heavily trafficked (travelled) - дорога большой грузонапряженности; дорога с интенсивным движением тяжелого транспорта road housing estate - дорога внутри населенного пункта или жилого района road ice - (зимняя) ледяная дорога road improved - усовершенствованная (улучшенная) дорога road main - магистральная дорога road multi-lane - дорога с многорядным движением road primary - магистральная дорога road rural - сельская или загородная дорога road service - подъездная или временная дорога -
71 chip
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72 macadam
щебень имя существительное: -
73 breakstone
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74 scree
осыпь имя существительное: -
75 screes
осыпи имя существительное: -
76 crusher
- disk crusher - hammer crusher - horizontal disk crusher - impact rotary crusher - jaw crusher - mobile crusher - ring crusher - roll crusher - secondary cone crusher - single-stage crusher - toothed crusher - twin-jaw crusher - vibratory crusher* * *дробилка- alligator crusher
- ball crusher
- ballast crusher
- Blake jaw crusher
- cone crusher
- gates crusher
- gyratory cone crusher
- gyratory crusher
- hammer crusher
- impact crusher
- jaw crusher
- mobile crusher
- primary crusher
- rolling crusher
- roll crusher
- rotary crusher
- secondary crusher
- single toggle jaw crusher
- stone crusher
- tertiary crusher -
77 hammer
1) молот, молоток3) зуммер4) ковать, обрабатывать молотом; вбивать, забивать, долбить•to hammer off — отрубать под молотом, отрубать молотком
to hammer out — обработать, выковать, расплющить, выбить, вычеканить молотом, оттянуть
- air hammer - air-drill hammer - ballast hammer - belt-driven hammer - bench hammer - bore hammer - bush hammer - cement-clipping hammer - coal hammer - compressed air hammer - dead flat hammer - diesel hammer - drift hammer - driving hammer - drop hammer - file hammer - fuller hammer - gravity hammer - holding-up hammer - machine hammer - paning hammer - paring hammer - pile driving hammer - pneumatic riveting hammer - reciprocating-type compressed-air hammer - rubber hammer - single-hand hammer - spalling hammer - steam air hammer - steam pile hammer - stone hammer - tapping hammer - trip hammer - vibratory hammerto hammer together — сколачивать, сбивать
* * *молоток- air hammer
- air drill hammer
- air pick hammer
- ball-peen hammer
- bricklayer's hammer
- brick hammer
- bush hammer
- carpenter's hammer
- chipping hammer
- claw hammer
- cross-peen hammer
- Dawson piling hammer
- demolition hammer
- diesel hammer
- differential steam hammer
- double-acting hammer
- double-acting air hammer
- double-acting piling hammer
- double-acting steam hammer
- drop hammer
- electric hammer
- electropneumatic hammer
- fitter's hammer
- forge hammer
- hydraulic hammer
- hydroblock hammer
- joiner's hammer
- knapping hammer
- lath hammer
- mash hammer
- mason's hammer
- patent hammer
- pendulum hammer
- pile driving hammer
- pile hammer
- pneumatic hammer
- power hammer
- power-operated bush hammer
- raising hammer
- single-acting compressed-air hammer
- single-acting hammer
- single-acting steam hammer
- smith's hammer
- spring-loaded hammer
- steam hammer
- straight peen hammer
- TNO hammer
- underwater driving hammer
- vibrating pile hammer
- vibrating hammer
- water hammer
- wooden hammer -
78 bed
авто.кузов (грузовика); станина; подушка (матрицы); рама; основание; постель; упругое основание (в механике); полотно (дороги); машинная плита; фундамент; загрузка (фильтра); стеллаж; стенд; установка; шабот (молота); слой; ряд (кирпичей); русло реки; II прилегать к...; лежать на...; укладывать; устанавливать; ставить на основание (на фундамент, на станину); заделывать в...; приработаться- bed box- bed carriage - bed course - bed die - bed down - bed-former - bed frame - bed-in - bed-maker - bed miller - bed of fuel - bed of rough material - bed of truck - bed out - bed plate - bed slideways - bed-stone - bed table - bed ways - active bed - active mixed bed- axie bed- ballast bed - bearing bed - bottom bed - boulder bed - box bed - box-type bed - cargo bed - cement-sand bed - clamp bed - column bed - concrete bed - conditioning bed - cooling bed - crib bed - cylinder bed - drop-hammer bed - electrowelded bed - embankment bed - endurance test bed - engine bed - engine test bed - engineering test bed - equalizing bed - feed-off arm bed - filter bed - fire bed - fixed bed - flat bed - foundation bed - fuel bed - gap bed - gravel bed - ground bed - H-bed - hot bed - inclined bed - inert mixed bed - key bed - lathe bed - low bed - mixed bed - mobile test bed - multistage bed - off-the-arm bed - overfeed bed - packed bed - percolating bed - pipeline bed - railroad bed - register bed - revolving bed - road bed - roller bed - rotary bed - run-out-and-conveyor bed - sand filter bed - slide bed - static bed - surface bed - swivel saw bed - T-bed - tank bed - test bed - track bed - track link welder bed - tricle bed - trunnion bed - underlying pipeline bed - validation test bed - vibration bed - water bearing bed - weld bed -
79 concrete
бетон; II бетонировать; укладывать бетонную дорожную одежду; II сгущенный; твёрдый; конкретный; реальный; бетонный- concrete-bound pavement - concrete-mixer - concrete patching - concrete pavement - concrete pavement scaling - concrete placer - concrete-placing machine - concrete pouring machine - concrete pump - concrete road - concrete runway - concrete spreader - concrete traffic line blocks - spreading of concrete - acid-resisting concrete - air-entrained concrete - air-placed concrete - ballast concrete - batch concrete mixer - cement concrete - cinder concrete - construction concrete mixer - continuous concrete mixer - cyclopean concrete - dry concrete - early strength concrete - expanded slag concrete - fixed-drum concrete mixer - fresh concrete - gravel concrete - gravity concrete mixer - job-placed concrete - portable concrete mixer - pump concrete - rammed concrete - road concrete placer - rubble concrete - stone concrete - tar concrete - transit-mix concrete - trass concrete - vermiculite concrete -
80 crusher
дробилка; дробильная установка; мялка- crusher shell - ball crusher - ballast crusher - bark crusher - boulder crusher - centrifugal crusher - clod crusher - coal crusher - cone crusher - cone-type crusher - corn-and-cob crusher - cullet crusher - disk crusher - Dodge-type jaw crusher - drop crusher - double-roll crusher - fine crusher - grape crusher - gyratory crusher - gyratory cone crusher - hammer crusher - in-pit crusher - impact crusher - inertial crusher - initial crusher - jaw crusher - mobile crusher - oat crusher - oil crusher - ore crusher - permanent crusher - plant crusher - portable crusher - primary crusher - ring-roll crusher - rock crusher - roll crusher - roll-jaw crusher - rotary crusher - secondary crusher - single-impeller impact crusher - single-roll crusher - single-spindle hammer crusher - single-toggie jaw crusher - stationary crusher - stone crusher - tertiary crusher
См. также в других словарях:
Ballast — Bal last (b[a^]l last), n. [D. ballast; akin to Dan. baglast, ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part is perh. the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden, and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. See {Bare}, a.,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ballast engine — Ballast Bal last (b[a^]l last), n. [D. ballast; akin to Dan. baglast, ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part is perh. the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden, and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. See {Bare} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ballast — Bal last, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ballasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ballasting}.] 1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ballast — ► NOUN 1) a heavy substance carried by a ship or hot air balloon to keep it stable. 2) gravel or coarse stone used to form the base of a railway track or road. 3) a passive component used in an electric circuit to moderate changes in current.… … English terms dictionary
ballast — ballaster, n. ballastic /beuh las tik/, adj. /bal euhst/, n. 1. Naut. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability. 2. Aeron. something heavy, as bags of sand, placed in the car of a… … Universalium
ballast — I. noun Etymology: probably from Low German, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish & Swedish barlast ballast; perhaps akin to Old English bær bare & to Old English hlæst load, hladan to load more at lade Date: 1530 1. a heavy substance placed in … New Collegiate Dictionary
Ballast cleaner — A ballast cleaner is a railway machine that specialises in cleaning the railway track ballast (gravel, blue stone or other aggregate) of impurities. External links [http://www.grandadsez.co.uk/railways/ballast cleaners.html] Technical Information … Wikipedia
ballast — /ˈbæləst / (say baluhst) noun 1. any heavy material carried by a ship or boat for ensuring proper stability, so as to avoid capsizing and to secure the greatest effectiveness of the propelling power. 2. something heavy, as bags of sand, placed in …
ballast — [ baləst] noun 1》 a heavy substance, such as gravel or lead, placed in the bilge of a ship to ensure its stability. ↘a substance carried in an airship or on a hot air balloon to stabilize it. 2》 gravel or coarse stone used to form the bed of… … English new terms dictionary
ballast — bal•last [[t]ˈbæl əst[/t]] n. 1) naut. a heavy material carried on a vessel to control draft and stability or a balloon to control altitude 2) rai gravel or broken stone placed under the ties of a railroad 3) elm a device that maintains the… … From formal English to slang
ballast — n. & v. n. 1 any heavy material placed in a ship or the car of a balloon etc. to secure stability. 2 coarse stone etc. used to form the bed of a railway track or road. 3 Electr. any device used to stabilize the current in a circuit. 4 anything… … Useful english dictionary