stain

/steɪn/ noun

Translation

MARK [C] › a dirty mark on something that is difficult to remove

leke

a blood/grass stain a stain on the carpet843

PAINT [C, U] › a thin, clear paint that you put on wood to make it darker

astar boya

wood stain132

(Definition of stain noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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