roh
Pronunciation: /rɔx/
“roh” is a Slovak word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- horn (a hard, hollow permanent growth on the head of certain mammals)
- horn (a musical or signaling instrument, originally made from an animal horn)
- horn-shaped container (a vessel, such as a drinking horn or the horn of plenty)
- handle, bump, horn (an object or part resembling a horn, e.g., a handle, a bump on the head, spinal horns, etc.)
- keratin, horn (the hard material of which horns or hooves are composed)
- corner, edge, vertex (the point or area where two edges or surfaces meet)
- street corner, corner of a building (the external angle of a building or the place where two streets intersect)
- corner (of a room), nook (the internal angle formed by two meeting walls; also a corner of a field or goal)
- corner kick, corner throw (a play in football or basketball initiated from the corner)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak roh.
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