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skiva

Pronunciation: /²ɧiːˌva/

“skiva” is a Swedish word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges)
  2. a board (in the sense of a relatively thin, flat piece and not a thin plank, which is a bräda)
  3. a disc
  4. a compact disc
  5. a record
  6. an album (collection of songs issued together – on any medium, by extension)
  7. a slice (thin, broad piece cut off)
  8. a leaf (flat section used to extend a table – see also klaff)
  9. an (informal) party, a social gathering (likely from notion of food and drink being set out on a table top or the like)

verb

  1. to slice (cut into slices)

Etymology

From Old Norse skífa.

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