sheepshank | Amarkosh

Meaning of word sheepshank from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

sheepshank noun

Meaning : A knot for shortening a line.

चर्चित शब्द

turnover rate (noun)
The ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers.

sunk fence (noun)
A ditch with one side being a retaining wall. Used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

patient role (noun)
The semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.

astana (noun)
Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

make (noun)
A recognizable kind.

unmatched (adjective)
Of the remaining member of a pair.

defloration (noun)
An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.

fridge (noun)
A refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor.

get stuck (verb)
Be unable to move further.

rusticity (noun)
The quality of being rustic or gauche.