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buc

Pronunciation: [ˈbuk]

“buc” is a Catalan word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. an object that has a cavity
  2. belly; abdomen
  3. fuselage
  4. the bodywork of a car
  5. hull
  6. the body of a carriage
  7. beehive
  8. the shell or outer walls enclosing a house or a staircase
  9. the cabinetwork enclosing the drawers, either fully or partially
  10. riverbed
  11. cuirass
  12. the metal coating of a nuclear reactor vessel

In Catalan

  1. Cos principal del vaixell llevat del motor i de tot el que es troba per sobre de coberta i en especial de l'arboradura.
  2. rusc
  3. Conjunt de parets exteriors i coberta que delimiten un edifici.
  4. Conjunt de parets que fan de suport a una escala.

Etymology

From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Spanish buque (“vessel”) and Italian buco (“hole”).

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