bis.
letterbox; mailbox; post box
Meaning & usage
letterbox; mailbox; post box
Where this word comes from
From Dutch bus (“container, box”) Compare to Dutch brievenbus (“letterbox, mailbox, post box”).
twice
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”).
pipe, duct
Where this word comes from
From Dutch buis (“pipe”), from Middle Dutch buse.
pipe; piping a hollow conduit or something resembling a tube
pipe; piping decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric
vessel, tube, duct
Where this word comes from
From Dutch bies (“piping”), from Middle Dutch biese, from Old Dutch *biesa, from Proto-West Germanic *beusu.
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