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Schneise.

a path cut into a location

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃnaɪ̯zə/
  1. a path cut into a location aisle, swath, swathe

    feminine
  2. a path cut into a location ellipsis of Brandschneise (“firebreak”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine
  3. a path cut into a location corridor

    feminine
  4. snare, sling, animal trap

    dated · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German sneise, sneize (first attested as sneyße, 14th c.), from Old High German *sneisa, from Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō. Related to German schneiden.

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