letto

Definitions of letto
  1. noun
    a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
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    types:
    amaca
    a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
    talamo
    the bed shared by a newly wed couple
  2. noun
    a depression forming the ground under a body of water
    synonyms: alveo
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    types:
    fondale
    the bottom of a sea or ocean
    piattaforma, piattaforma continentale, zoccolo
    the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent
    type of:
    acciaccatura, ammaccatura, dentellatura, foiba, infossamento, infossatura, piega
    a sunken or depressed geological formation
  3. noun
    (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
    synonyms: giacimento, strato
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    type of:
    falda, strato
    one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
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