NISSEN

Meaning of NISSEN in English

hut - a building shaped like a tube cut along the middle made from corrugated iron sheets

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

NISSEN — Nissen BrE AmE ˈnɪs ə n ▶ ˈ Nissen hut BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NISSEN HUT — noun Etymology: Peter N. Nissen died 1930 British mining engineer Date: 1917 a prefabricated shelter with a semicircular arching roof …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NISSEN HUT — ˈnis ə n- noun Usage: usually capitalized N Etymology: after Lieut. Col. Peter N. Nissen died 1930 British mining engineer …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NISSEN HUT — /nis"euhn/ a prefabricated, tunnel-shaped shelter made of corrugated metal and having a concrete floor; Quonset hut: first used by the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NISSEN HUT — noun Etymology: Peter N. Nissen died 1930 British mining engineer Date: 1917 : a prefabricated shelter with a semicircular arching …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NISSEN HUT — [ 'nɪs(ə)n ] ■ noun Brit. a tunnel-shaped hut of corrugated iron with a cement floor. Origin early 20th cent.: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NISSEN HUT — [Nis.sen hut] n [Peter N. Nissen d. 1930 Brit. mining engineer] (1932): a prefabricated shelter with a semicircular arching roof …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NISSEN HUT — / ˈnɪsn hʌt; NAmE / ( BrE ) ( NAmE Quonset hut ™) noun a shelter made of metal with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NISSEN HUT — Nis ‧ sen hut /ˈnɪs ə n hʌt/ BrE AmE noun British English a building that is shaped like half …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NISSEN HUT — n. a tunnel-shaped hut of corrugated iron with a cement floor. [P. N. Nissen, British engineer d. 1930, its inventor]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NISSEN HUT — n. a tunnel-shaped hut of corrugated iron with a cement floor. [ P. n. Nissen, British engineer d. 1930, its …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NISSEN HUT — n. a tunnel-shaped hut of corrugated iron with a cement floor. Etymology: P. N. Nissen, British engineer d. 1930, its …
Oxford English vocab
NISSEN HUT — ( Nissen huts) A Nissen hut is a military hut made of metal. The walls and roof form the shape …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NISSEN HUT — (~s) A ~ is a military hut made of metal. The walls and roof form the shape of a semi-circle. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NISSEN HUT — ниссеновский барак (с полукруглой крышей из рифлёного железа; сборно-разборный; был впервые использован во время 1-й мировой войны преим. для военных …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
NISSEN HUT — ниссеновский барак (с полукруглой крышей из рифлёного железа; сборно-разборный; был впервые использован во время 1-й мировой войны преим. для военных …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
ROMNEY HUT — noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: from the name Romney : a large strong building similar to the smaller Nissen …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUONSET HUT — /kwon"sit/ , Trademark. a semicylindrical metal shelter having end walls, usually serving as a barracks, storage shed, or the like, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRAMPOLINE — an elevated, resilient webbed bed or canvas sheet supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS — in full Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptized as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart born Jan. 27, 1756, Salzburg, Archbishopric …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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QUONSET HUT — ™ / ˈkwɒnset hʌt; NAmE ˈkwɑːn-/ noun ( NAmE ) = Nissen hut For more information see the Cultural Guide
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUONSET HUT — ( Quonset huts) A Quonset hut is a military hut made of metal. The walls and roof form the shape …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUONSET HUT — (~s) A ~ is a military hut made of metal. The walls and roof form the shape of a semi-circle. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EVALUATE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES assess/evaluate the merits of sth (= to decide what is good about something using careful …
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BIVOUAC — I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But although I said I was reasonably Spartan, this bare Nissen hut and my …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUONSET — hut [noun] [C] US [trademark] - a usually military shelter with the roof and walls made in a curved shape …
Cambridge English vocab
TOLLBOOTH — Synonyms and related words : Nissen hut, POW camp, Quonset hut, bastille, black hole, booth, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EPONYM — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Eponyms eponym person America Amerigo Vespucci (Italian explorer) Baedeker Karl Baedeker (German publisher) Bailey …
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