PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Barbed wire, sreang dhealgach.
Bare wire, sreang f nocht.
Connecting wire, sreang f chónasctha.
Copper wire, sreang chopair.
El.E: Dead wire, sreang neamhbheo.
Laund: Drying line, sreang f tuartha.
El: Flexible wire, sreang solúbtha.
Heavy wire, sreang ramhar.
Electric line, sreang f leictreach.
El.E: Live wire, sreang bheo.
To peg clothes on a line, éadaí a chrochadh (le pionnaí) ar shreang.
To give full scope to sth., ceann sreinge, scód, a ligean le rud.
Signalling line, sreang f comharthaíochta.
Snares of a drum, sreanga fpl druma.
To string pearls, péarlaí a chur ar sreang.
Ph: String that vibrates in sympathy, sreang f a thonnchritheann ag freagairt cinn eile.
To tap a telegraph wire, sreang éisteachta a chur as líne teileagraif; teachtaireacht a cheapadh.
Umbilical chord, sreang f an imleacáin, srincne f.
Copper wire, sreang chopair.
Stranded wire, sreang dhualach.
Mil: Wire entanglement, tranglam m sreinge.
Telegraph wires, sreanga teileagraif.
Aut: Wire of a tyre, sreang boinn.
Aut: Wired-on tyre, bonn sreinge.
Wireworks, ceárta f sreinge.