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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

gubia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɡuˈβia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gouge/ɡaʊdʒ/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El carpintero utilizó una gubia para esculpir la madera."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A chisel with a curved blade used for carving or cutting.

    "The carpenter used a gouge to create intricate designs in the wood."
As verb
  1. 1

    To make a hole or indentation by removing material.

    "He gouged out a section of the wall to install the new electrical outlet."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English gouge, from Old French gouge, and ultimately from Late Latin gula (throat) or Germanic roots denoting a hollow chisel. Historically used in carpentry and masonry for scooping out material, the term evolved to metaphorically describe overcharging consumers or making deep cuts into surfaces.

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