beslag

Definitions of beslag
  1. noun
    a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
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    type of:
    brouwsel, drank, drankje, halflinnen, melange, mengproduct, mengprodukt, mengsel, mix, mixage, mixture, mixtuur
    any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
  2. noun
    a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
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    types:
    doublé, goudlaag
    a thin plating of gold on something
  3. noun
    the taking possession of something by legal process
    synonyms: arrest, beslaglegging, beslagname, inbeslagneming, saisie
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    types:
    inbezitneming, toe-eigening, toeëigening
    seizure by the government
    stempeling
    the act of coercing someone into government service
    onteigening
    taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)
    type of:
    inbezitneming, toe-eigening, toeëigening
    a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
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