English-German translation for "whalebone"

"whalebone" German translation

whalebone
noun | Substantiv s

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Barte Fischbeinstab Peitsche aus Fischbein Gegenstand aus Fischbein
  • Bartefeminine | Femininum f (Hornplatte im Oberkiefer eines Wals)
    whalebone zoology | ZoologieZOOL
    whalebone zoology | ZoologieZOOL
  • Fischbeinstabmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whalebone in corset
    whalebone in corset
  • Peitschefeminine | Femininum f aus Fischbein
    whalebone rare | seltenselten (whip)
    whalebone rare | seltenselten (whip)
  • Gegenstandmasculine | Maskulinum m aus Fischbein
    whalebone object made of whalebone
    whalebone object made of whalebone
whalebone
adjective | Adjektiv adj

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Fischbein…, aus Fischbein hergestellt steif, unbeugsam, unbiegsam
  • Fischbein…, aus Fischbein (hergestellt)
    whalebone
    whalebone
  • selten steif, unbeugsam, unbiegsam
    whalebone figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    whalebone figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
Er verbeugte sich vor dem Tabernakel, hob die Hände empor und breitete die Arme aus.
Lestiboudois went about the church with his whalebone stick.
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