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2 pear
• päärynä* * *peə(a type of fruit of the apple family, round at the bottom and narrowing towards the stem or top: She's very fond of pears; ( also adjective) a pear tree.) päärynä -
3 bulb
• nuppi• nysty• hehkulamppu• sipuli• sipulikasvi• pullistuma• polttimo• päärynä• kupu• kukkasipulitechnology• kuula• lamppu* * *1) (the ball-shaped part of the stem of certain plants, eg onions, tulips etc, from which their roots grow.) sipuli2) ((also light bulb) a pear-shaped glass globe surrounding the element of an electric light.) hehkulamppu3) (the pear-shaped end of a thermometer.) kuula•- bulbous -
4 avocado
• avokado• avocado• avokaado* * *plural - avocados; noun((also avocado pear) a kind of pear-shaped tropical fruit.) avokado -
5 drop
• painua• rojahtaa• romahtaa• tipahtaa• tipahdella• tippua• tilkka• tipat• tilkkanen• tiputtaa• tippa• tipauttaa• jättää pois• jättää siihen• jättää sikseen• tyyntyä• tuupertua• hervahtaa• helmi• hervota• hylätä• varista• eliminoida• aleta• alentua• aleneminen• alentaa• vaipua maahan• valahtaa• väheneminen• vähetä• väliverho• vähentyminen• vähentyä• pudottaa• pudota• pudotus• putoaminen• putous• retkahtaa• raueta• tihkua• karamelli• karsiutua• karpalo• kellutin• jäädä• jättää• halveta• halventua• mätkähtäätechnology• läppä• madaltua• suistua• supistuminen• supistua• syöksy• talokaapeli• lakata• lausuaaviation• laskeutua• laskeafinance, business, economy• lasku• langeta• pirahtaa• piipahtaa• pisara• pirauttaa• piraus• poikia• lyyhistyä• luopua• lysähtää* * *drop 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) pisara2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) tilkka3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) lasku4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) pudotus2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) pudottaa2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) pudota3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) luopua, hylätä4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) jättää5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) jättää, tokaista•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
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6 fig
• kaavio• muoto• malli• kuvio• kuva• kuvata* * *fiɡ(a type of soft pear-shaped fruit, often eaten dried.) viikuna -
7 guava
(the yellow pear-shaped fruit of a type of tropical tree.) guava
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Pear-shaped — is a metaphorical term with several meanings, all in reference to the shape of a pear, i.e. tapering towards the top and rounded at the bottom.The oldest usage from the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ) is the most literal, a 1731 reference in a… … Wikipedia
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Pear-shaped — a. Of the form of a pear. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pear-shaped — [per′shāpt΄] adj. 1. shaped like a pear 2. full, clear, even, and resonant: said of sung tones … English World dictionary
pear-shaped — pear′ shaped adj. 1) having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom 2) mad (of a vocal tone) clear, resonant, and without harshness; full bodied • Etymology: 1750–60 … From formal English to slang
pear-shaped — 1) ADJ Something that is pear shaped has a shape like a pear. ...her pear shaped diamond earrings. 2) ADJ If someone, especially a woman, is pear shaped, they are wider around their hips than around the top half of their body. 3) PHRASE: V… … English dictionary
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pear-shaped — adj British awry, faulty, inadequate. This increas ingly common adult colloquialism is usually heard in the phrase to go pear shaped , presumably from the image of a balloon or football losing its spherical shape after puncturing. ► Things were… … Contemporary slang
pear-shaped — Adj. Out of shape, unorganised, wrong. Heard in the expression go pear shaped. E.g. All our plans went pear shaped after our funds were cut by the finance department … English slang and colloquialisms
pear-shaped — UK / US adjective 1) informal a pear shaped person is larger below the waist than above the waist 2) curved in shape and smaller at the top • go pear shaped … English dictionary
