| Swedish > English |
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| ris |
| 1. n. small shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry, mostly in compounds: blåbärsris, lingonris |
| 2. n. twigs in a heap or as for a broom |
| De lade sina liggunderlag på björkriset. |
| They put their hiking mattresses on the birch twigs. |
| Han skall få smaka riset för det här. |
| He'll get birched (taste the twigs) for this. |
| 3. n. rice; a plant |
| 4. n. rice; food from the rice plant |
| 5. n. heavily negative criticism (cf the corporal punishment) |
| Föreställningen fick mycket ris. |
| The performance got much negative criticism. |
| 6. n. a measure: 500 sheets (of paper) |
