specie

Definitions of specie
  1. noun
    a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
    synonyms: cement, cementspecie, metselspecie, mortel
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    portlandcement
    a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result
    type of:
    bouwmateriaal
    material used for constructing buildings
  2. noun
    coins collectively
    synonyms: geldspecie, metaalgeld, muntgeld, muntspecie, muntteken
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    geldstuk, munt, muntstuk
    a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
    dukaat, goudstuk
    formerly a gold coin of various European countries
    reaal
    an old small silver Spanish coin
    zilverling, zilverstuk
    an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales
    shilling
    an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
    dubbeltje, duppie, hondje, witje
    a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
    Ni, nikkel, stuiver
    a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
    cent, centiem, centime, ct., dollarcent, dubbeltje, duit, duppie, hondje, penning, penningen, stuiver, witje
    a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
    groot
    a former English silver coin worth four pennies
    schelling
    a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
    daalder
    a United States coin worth one dollar
    cent, penning
    a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
    louis d'or
    a former French gold coin
    cent
    a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
    type of:
    munt, munteenheid, muntsoort, val., valuta
    the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
  3. noun
    a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer
    synonyms: compost, mengmest, mest, meststof, plantenmest, potaarde, potgrond
  4. noun
    any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
    synonyms: kunstmest, mest, meststof, plantenmest, plantenvoedsel, plantevoedsel
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    guano
    the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
  5. noun
    the act of stripping and taking by force
    synonyms: beroving
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    type of:
    plundering, spoliatie
    the act of stealing valuable things from a place
  6. noun
    (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
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