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roh

Pronunciation: /rɔx/

“roh” is a Slovak word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. horn (a hard, hollow permanent growth on the head of certain mammals)
  2. horn (a musical or signaling instrument, originally made from an animal horn)
  3. horn-shaped container (a vessel, such as a drinking horn or the horn of plenty)
  4. handle, bump, horn (an object or part resembling a horn, e.g., a handle, a bump on the head, spinal horns, etc.)
  5. keratin, horn (the hard material of which horns or hooves are composed)
  6. corner, edge, vertex (the point or area where two edges or surfaces meet)
  7. street corner, corner of a building (the external angle of a building or the place where two streets intersect)
  8. corner (of a room), nook (the internal angle formed by two meeting walls; also a corner of a field or goal)
  9. corner kick, corner throw (a play in football or basketball initiated from the corner)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak roh.

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