baskar

English translation: skips

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Swedish term or phrase:baskar
English translation:skips
Entered by: Paul Lambert

20:03 Mar 29, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / error finding
Swedish term or phrase: baskar
I think the root behind this one is "bas-kar" like a kind of tub. (guessing)

Sentence given:
"En lot som befinner sig i flödet skall tas ut i baskar och märkas på ett speciellt sätt för senare omarbetning)."
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 18:41
skips
Explanation:
my shot...dictionary entry suits the context (can also be buckets)

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-03-29 23:23:28 GMT)
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Nevertheless a "bask" is a concrete skip...
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Hugh Curtis
Local time: 18:41
Grading comment
Thanks for your help. "Skips" it is.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1skips
Hugh Curtis
Summary of reference entries provided
bask
Thomas Johansson

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Answers


24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
skips


Explanation:
my shot...dictionary entry suits the context (can also be buckets)

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-03-29 23:23:28 GMT)
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Nevertheless a "bask" is a concrete skip...

Hugh Curtis
Local time: 18:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30
Grading comment
Thanks for your help. "Skips" it is.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  asptech: bask comes from English "basket", the term is used in a number of industries
12 hrs
  -> Thanks asptech
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Reference comments


3 hrs
Reference: bask

Reference information:
"Bask" appears to be the name of a type of container, and "baskar" is its plural form.

See e.g.:
- http://www.byggnadsarbetaren.se/pdfarchive/pdffiles/files/45...
- http://images.google.com.br/images?hl=pt-BR&um=1&sa=1&q="bet...

Thomas Johansson
Peru
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4
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