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Meaning of beachcombing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
  2. An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage.

Examples

The beachcombings – the wood, the metal, the stoneswere more than functional, collected and sorted and arranged as things that were lovely in their own right, artefacts.”
“I wandered along, sifting through the Thames' beachcombings. In a patch of sand lay a section of soft pink roof tile some two inches square or so, and witha peg hole.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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