teca

Definitions of teca
  1. noun
    a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
    synonyms: disco, discoteca, sala de fiestas
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    type of:
    bailadero, sala de baile, salón de baile
    large room used mainly for dancing
  2. noun
    a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
    synonyms: relicario
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    contenedor
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
  3. noun
    tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
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    type of:
    árbol
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  4. noun
    hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
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    type of:
    madera
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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