holspaat

Definitions of holspaat
  1. noun
    a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
    synonyms: rondhout, spaat
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    boom, hengel, microfoonhengel
    any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
    kluifhout, kluiverboom
    a spar that extends the bowsprit
    mast, scheepsmast
    a vertical spar for supporting sails
    emplacement, ra, rangeeremplacement, rangeerterrein, spoorwegemplacement, stationsemplacement
    a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
    fokkemast, fokkenmast
    the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts
    ertszeef
    any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
    hoofdmast
    the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts
    bezaansmast
    third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
    steng
    the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig
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    boom, paal, pols, polsstok, springstok
    a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
  2. noun
    any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
    synonyms: rondhout, spaat
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    veldspaat
    any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium
    kalkspaat
    a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone
    krijt
    a soft whitish calcite
    veldspaat
    a white or colored monoclinic feldspar
    adulaar, maansteen
    a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar
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    delfstof, mineraal, voedingszout
    solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
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