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Meaning of ash-hopper | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A cask filled with ash used to produce lye, which would be leached out by water (especially rainwater).

US, historical

Examples

“There was an ash-hopper by the fence, and an iron⟳ pot, for soft-soap-boiling, near it.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ash-leaf ash-leaved maple Ash-Shaytan ash-throated crake Ash-tray Ash'arism

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