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ceppo

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃep.po/

“ceppo” is an Italian word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. stump (of a tree)
  2. log (to burn)
  3. habitually late person
  4. shackles, fetters
  5. imprisonment, slavery, unfreedom
  6. cathead
  7. strain
  8. phylum; stock
  9. brake shoe
  10. sedimentary rock
  11. lineage; descent
  12. box for the collection of duties

In Italian

  1. sezione bassa del tronco di una pianta legnosa da dove si propagano le radici
  2. la parte che serve come base all'aratro

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippo, which was borrowed.

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