stray

/streɪ/ adjective [always before noun]

Translation

LOST › A stray animal is lost or has no home.

başıboş, sahipsiz

a stray dog 19891623

SEPARATED › A stray piece of something has become separated from the main part.

etrafa saçılmış, ,tek tük etrafa dağılmış

a stray hair1957

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

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