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плаха nstresses
gen. scaffold; half beam; chopping block (put one's head on the chopping block = to take, or be subject to, a great risk, as of being severely criticized or fired. wordsmyth.net Alexander Demidov); half of a log (split lengthwise); stock (Notburga); axeman's block (букв. и перен.: "he ended his life on the axeman's block", "Are Google Voice and Blogger next on the axeman's block?" Рина Грант); block (для казни); half-log (baranoff); chump; chunk; quill; execution block
comp.sl., jarg. playstation (VLZ_58)
construct. half-beam (Alexander Demidov); half-section timber; half-timber
forestr. log; short half-round bar; short split; split; block
Gruzovik, logging half of a log split lengthwise
hist. executioner's block
nautic. junk
pris.sl. punitive confinement (VLZ_58); punitive isolation ward (VLZ_58); punitive isolation cell (VLZ_58); inmate discipline unit (VLZ_58); ad seg (he was in ad seg for a reason. "ad seg" stands for administration segregation. VLZ_58); special housing unit (SHU VLZ_58); guard room (VLZ_58); guard shack (VLZ_58)
pulp.n.paper cripple timber; half round wood
wood. billet
 Russian thesaurus
плаха n
gen. 1) обрубок бревна, расколотого пополам.

2) Деревянная колода, на которой в старину отсекалась голова приговорённого к казни; помост, на котором совершалась казнь. Большой Энциклопедический словарь

плаха: 20 phrases in 6 subjects
General6
Law1
Makarov8
Mining1
Proverb3
Pulp and paper industry1

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