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PIT PROP

Specialty Definition: PIT PROP

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Industry

A small timber, round, half-round or square-cut, used close to the working face in mine galleries, generally as a temporary support(a column)between floor and roof. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A piece of timber used as a temporary support for a mine roof b. Length of timber used as a roof support in longwall mining. Modern variants include expandable steel props which can be hydraulically ormechanically lengthened; used in stratified deposits. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: PIT PROP

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Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PIT PROP

Language Translations for "PIT PROP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

pitprop (mine prop, mine timber, mining timber, pillar, pit timber, pitprops, post, prop, stull), minetoemmer (crossbar, footer, footlid, holing block, lagging, mine prop, mine timber, mining timber, pillar, pit timber, post, prop, split, sprag, strut, stull, timber chock), minetømmer (mine prop, pillar, pitprops, prop, stull), grubetræ (mine prop, pillar, pitprops, prop, stull). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stempel (fee stamp, mine prop, pillar, pitprops, post, prop, stamp, stigma, strut, stull), schoor (abutment), mijnhout (pit-props, pitwood). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kaivospölkky (crossbar, mine prop, pillar, pitprops, post, prop, prop agent, proppant, propping agent, stull). (various references)

   

French

  

poteau de mine, bois de mine (pillar, pit timber, pit wood, pitprops), étai de mine (pillar, pitprops). (various references)

   

German

  

Stempel (brand, cachet, die, hallmark, imprint, Mark, pestle, pistil, piston, plunger, postmark, print, prop, punch, seal, stamp), Grubenholz (mine prop, mine timber, mining timber, pillar, pit timber, pit wood, pitprops, prop, stull). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ορθοστάτης ορυχείων (mine prop, pillar, pitprops, prop, stull). (various references)

   

Italian

  

puntello da miniera (mine prop, pillar, pitprops, post, prop, stull), puntelli per miniere (mine prop, pillar, pitprops, prop, stull). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itpay oppray

   

Portuguese

  

esteios para minas (lagging, mine prop, pillar, pitprops, prop, stull), esteio de mina (crossbar, mine prop, pillar, pitprops, post, prop, stull). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

puntal (brace, pitprop, prop, puncheon, shore, stanchion, strut), madera para minas (mine prop, pillar, pitprops, prop, stull), andamio (platform, scaffold, scaffolding). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

gruvstötta (puncheon). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

payanda (buttress, pier, pillar, plank, prop, shore, spur, standard, stock, strut, support), destek (aid, anchorage, assistance, backing, backup, bolster, booster, brace, bracer, bracket, buttress, contribution, cooperation, corbel, countenance, crutch, endorsement, friend, indorsement, mounting, pillar, prop, reinforcement, relief, rest, rider, second, shore, shot, sponsorship, spur, staff, stake, stanchion, stand by, stay, stiffening, strut, support, supporter, supporting, sustenance, truss, underlay, upholder). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

підпірка (backing, balk, chock, counterfort, post, puncheon, shore, stanchion, trellis, upholder). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PIT PROP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "i-o-p-p-p-r-t"

-3 letters: port, prop, riot, roti, tiro, topi, tori, trio, trip, trop.

-4 letters: opt, ort, pip, pit, poi, pop, pot, pro, rip, rot, tip, top, tor.

-5 letters: it, op, or, pi, ti, to.

 Words containing the letters "i-o-p-p-p-r-t"
 

+4 letters: appropriate.

 

+5 letters: apperception, appropriated, appropriates, appropriator.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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