mortaja

f.

1 shroud.

2 shroud for the dead, shroud, winding sheet, mortise.

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mortaja

► nombre femenino

1 shroud

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SF

1) [de muerto] shroud

2) (Téc) mortise

3) LAm * (=papel) cigarette paper

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femenino

1) (sábana) shroud

2) (Tec) mortise

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= mortise, shroud.

Ex. The winter was not adjustable for height within its mortises, but the head was tenoned into long mortises in which it could be raised and lowered to adjust the height of the impression assembly.

Ex. The majority were buried in shrouds and laid in wooden coffins.

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* mortaja de la somera = head mortise.

* unir mediante mortaja = mortise.

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femenino

1) (sábana) shroud

2) (Tec) mortise

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= mortise, shroud.

Ex: The winter was not adjustable for height within its mortises, but the head was tenoned into long mortises in which it could be raised and lowered to adjust the height of the impression assembly.

Ex: The majority were buried in shrouds and laid in wooden coffins.

* mortaja de la somera = head mortise.

* unir mediante mortaja = mortise.

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mortaja

feminine

A (sábana) shroud

B (Tec) mortise

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mortaja sustantivo femenino
1 (sábana) shroud
2 (Tec) mortise
mortaja sustantivo femenino shroud
'mortaja' also found in these entries:
English:
shroud

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mortaja nf

1. [de muerto] shroud

2. Andes [papel de tabaco] cigarette paper

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mortaja

f

1 (sudario) shroud

2 L.Am.

cigarette paper

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mortaja nf

sudario: shroud