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portie

Definitions of portie
  1. noun
    a portion of a natural object
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    types:
    lichaamsdeel, lid
    any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
    onderstuk
    the bottom or lowest part
    brok, brokstuk, brokstukken
    a piece broken off or cut off of something else
    geleding, metameer, segment
    one of the parts into which something naturally divides
    plak, schijf
    a thin flat piece cut off of some object
    strook
    a relatively long narrow piece of something
    schoft
    the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals
    schenkel, schenkelbeen, schinkel
    lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
    entrecôte, lende
    either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
    achterdeel, achtereind, achterlijf, achterstel, kroep
    the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
    flank
    the side between ribs and hipbone
    borststuk
    part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs
    aardgordel, hemelstreek, klimaatgordel, luchtstreek, zone
    a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
    net, netwerk, raderwerk, web
    a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
    ampul
    the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear
    celweefsel, weefsel
    part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
    orgaan
    a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
    uitgroeisel, uitwas
    a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
    kwab, lob
    (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
    endeldarm, rectum
    the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
    schouder, schoudergordel
    the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
    romp, tors, torso
    the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
    borst, borststreek
    the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
    borst, borststreek
    the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
    bottel, heup, rozebottel, rozenbottel
    either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
    abdomen, achterdeel, achtereind, achterlijf, achterstel, balg, buik, buikholte, buikje, buikstreek, maag, maagstreek, onderbuik, pens
    the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
    achterste, rug
    the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
    gruiskolen, kolengruis
    the slender part of the back
    bil, heupworp, heupzwaai
    either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
    prop, propje
    the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
    onderbeen, schenkel
    the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
    runderschenkel, scheen, scheenbeen
    the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
    teen
    forepart of a hoof
    geleding, gewricht, lid, voeg
    (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
    trek
    the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
    oerbeginsel
    the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life
    beetje, ietsepietsie, ietsepietsje, pietsie, pietsje, scherf, splinter, tikje, tikkeltje, vleugje, vlok
    a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
    kolenslak, kolenslakken, sintel, slak
    a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
    goudklomp
    a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
    haag
    a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
  2. noun
    something determined in relation to something that includes it
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    taal, taaluiting
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
    item
    a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
    item
    a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
    onderdeel, span, stel, unit
    an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
    element
    anything that belongs to a set or class
    residu, restant, restgetal, restgroep
    something left after other parts have been taken away
    woord
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    lettergreep, syllabe
    a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
    morfeem
    minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
    naam, persoonsnaam
    a language unit by which a person or thing is known
    agendapunt
    one of the items to be considered
    nieuwtje
    an item in a newspaper
    collocatie
    a grouping of words in a sentence
    klank, spraakklank
    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
    materiaal
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
    melange, mengproduct, mengprodukt, mengsel, mix, mixage, mixture, mixtuur
    (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
    atoom, deeltje, partikel
    (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
    element
    any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
    element
    one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
    fluïdum
    a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
    type of:
    betrekking, relatie
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
  3. noun
    an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
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    drumstick, kippeboutje, kippenboutje, trommelstok
    the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
    boezem
    meat carved from the breast of a fowl
    moot
    a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
    drankje
    a single serving of a beverage
    karbonade, kotelet
    thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
    moot, visfilet
    a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
    losplaats
    a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
    aanstoten, klinken, proosten, toasten, toedrinken, toosten
    a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
    sneeuwwitje
    a drink made of beer and lemonade
    sangria
    sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water
    rister, strijkbord
    a drink with ice cream floating in it
    milkshake
    frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
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