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bęben

“bęben” is a Polish word. Its 21 meanings in English:

  1. drum (percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber)
  2. drum (rotating wooden drum filled with tannin extract which is used to saturate leather)
  3. reel (rolling device for winding string)
  4. reel for separating seeds from pinecones
  5. reel of a thresher
  6. cylinder in a watch that holds the spring
  7. tholobate (substructure on which a dome or cupola rests)
  8. drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)
  9. paunch (large belly)
  10. squirt; rugrat (small child, especially one feels negatively toward)
  11. drumming (sound of drums)
  12. auction; forced sale
  13. recruitment, recruiting; conscription
  14. rear end (one's behind)
  15. drum (vessel for liquid)
  16. tambour (embroidery hoop)
  17. eardrum (tympanic membrane)
  18. wheel cover of a steam ship
  19. sifter (mill machine for sorting grain milling products)
  20. wax-coated cord used in making candles
  21. glutton; drunkard
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