ceppo
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippo, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ceppo m (plural ceppi)
- stump (of a tree)
- log (to burn)
- (informal, derogatory) habitually late person
- (plural only) blocks of wood used to immobilize prisoners
- (figurative, by extension) shackles, fetters
- (figurative, by extension) imprisonment, slavery, unfreedom
- (nautical) cathead
- (biology) strain
- (linguistics) phylum; stock
- (automotive) brake shoe
- (geology) sedimentary rock
- (literary) lineage; descent
- (archaic) box for the collection of duties
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- ceppo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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