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A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch. / A dead tree that remains standing.

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snag

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snag

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsnæɡ/

Noun

broadly figuratively

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch. / A dead tree that remains standing.

Japanese Meaning

切り落とされた枝の基部、または短い鋭い枝。 / 枯れたまま立っている木

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

キャンプ場を片付けていると、庭師が昨冬枝を切り落とした火床の近くに切り株があるのを見つけました。

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A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.

The coat of arms / Now on a naked snag in triumph borne.

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A dead tree that remains standing.

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A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.

‘A’most used-up I am, I do declare!’ she observed. ‘The jolting in the cars is pretty nigh as bad as if the rail was full of snags and sawyers.’

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A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.

To ſee our Women's Teeth look white. / And ev'ry ſaucy ill-bred Fellow / Sneers at a Mouth profoundly yellow. / In China none hold Women ſweet, / Except their Snags are black as jett.

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