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Barnet

Noun CEFR B1
ˈbɑː(ɹ)nɪt

Definitions

  1. A placename:
  2. A London borough of Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
  3. hair (on one's head)
  4. A town in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Equivalents

FrançaisBarnet
العربيةبارنيت

Examples

“Boris [Johnson], it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.”
“Rather than banging on about my barnet, I’d ask⟳ friends about theirs.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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