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Meaning of Axminster | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2998).
  2. A carpet made in Axminster imitating the Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile.

Equivalents

Français Axminster

Examples

“A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.”

CEFR level

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