steentje

Definitions of steentje
  1. noun
    a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
    synonyms: grenspaal, kersenpit, kersepit, landpaal, rots, scheidpaal, steen, steenrots, steensoort
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    kei, keisteen, rolsteen, rotsblok, zwerfblok, zwerfkei, zwerfsteen
    a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
    concrement, steen
    a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
    ontsluiting
    the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
    kiezel, kiezelsteen, rolkei, rolsteen
    a small smooth rounded rock
    rotspunt
    a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill
    galsteen
    a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts
    niersteen
    a calculus formed in the kidney
  2. noun
    a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
    synonyms: silex, vuurkei, vuursteen, vuursteentje
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    kiezelzuur, siliciumdioxyde
    a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
  3. noun
    an instrumentality that connects
    synonyms: contact, koppeling, kroonsteentje, verbinding
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    metselverband, steenverband
    a connection that fastens things together
    telefoondraad, telefoonlijn
    a telephone connection
    middenhand
    a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
    contact
    (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
    hot line, hotline
    a direct telephone line between two officials
    dam, koppeling, koppelstuk, las, lasverbinding, naad, tussenstuk, verbinding, verbindingsstuk, voeg
    junction by which parts or objects are joined together
    klopboor, slagboor, slagboormachine, springer, startkabel
    a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
    partijpolitiek
    a telephone line serving two or more subscribers
    cut, filmlas, houtverbinding, splits
    a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together
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    installatie
    an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
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