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stroombekken substantief {n} | catchment basin(region) |
stroombotje substantief {n} | funny bone(nerve) |
stroomgebied substantief | drainage basin [drainage basins](topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet) |
stroomgebied substantief {n} | basin [basins](area of land that drains into a common outlet) catchment basin(region) |
stroomlijn substantief | streamline(line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid) |
stroommeter substantief {m} | ammeter [ammeters](device that measures an electric current) |
stroomopwaarts bijvoeglijk naamwoord | upstream(upwards) |
stroomopwaarts bijwoord | upriver(towards the source of a river) upstream(against the flow) |
stroompje substantief {n} | rivulet(small brook) |
stroomsterkte substantief {f} | electric current [electric currents](measurement of the rate of flow of electric charge) |
stroomstootwapen substantief {n} | taser(any stun gun) |
stroomstoring substantief {f} | blackout [blackouts](a large-scale power failure) |
stroomtoevoer substantief {m} | power supply [power supplies](a source of power such as a generator) |
stroomverlies substantief {n} | loss [losses](engineering: power expended without doing useful work) |
stroomversnelling substantief {f} | rapid [rapids](section of river) |
stroop substantief | syrup [syrups](thick liquid that has a high sugar content) |
stroopnagel substantief | hangnail [hangnails](protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail) |
stroopwafel substantief {f} | stroopwafel(Dutch waffle made from two thin wafers) |
strop [stroppen] substantief | noose [nooses](adjustable loop or rope) snare [snares](trap) |
strop [stroppen] substantief {m} | slip knot(knot which attaches a line to an object and tightens when pressure is applied) |
stropdas substantief {f} | necktie [neckties](strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front) |
stropen werkwoord | flay [flayed, flaying, flays](to strip skin off) poach [poached, poaching, poaches](to take game or fish illegally) |
stroper substantief {m} | marauder [marauders](one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder) poacher [poachers](a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally) |
stroperig bijvoeglijk naamwoord | cloying(excessively sweet) mellifluous [mellifluouser, mellifluousest](flowing like honey) sappy [sappier, sappiest](excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy) |
stroperigheid substantief | goo(sentimentality) |
strot substantief {m} {f} | gorge [gorges](inside of the throat, see also: gullet) |
strotklep substantief {f} | epiglottis [epiglottises](cartilaginous organ) |
strottenhoofd substantief | larynx [larynges](organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production) |
afstropen werkwoord | skin [skinned, skinning, skins](to remove the skin of) |
alstroemeria substantief {f} | alstroemeria(any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants) |
ångström substantief | angstrom [angstroms](a very small unit of length, 10^−10 m) |
apostrof substantief {f} | apostrophe [apostrophes](the character ’) |
appelstroop substantief {f} | apple butter(preserved apple purée) |