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abacus

[ˈa.ba.kʊs]

noun

LanguageLatin

Meaning
  1. square board
  2. sideboard
  3. counting board, abacus
  4. gaming board
Examples

Ab hoc abaci vasa omnia, ut exposita fuerunt, abstulit.

From this place he removed all the sideboard's dishes, since they had been exposed.

Pronunciationˈa.ba.kʊs

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThe word has a wide range of meanings depending on the context, from a piece of furniture to a tool for mathematics.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.