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Meaning of biltong | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.

South-Africa, Zimbabwe, countable, uncountable

Examples

“The rest of the buck's flesh we cut into strips and hung in the sun to dry into 'biltong,' as, I believe, the South African Dutch call flesh thus prepared.”
“"P W who …?" Mr William Clark is reputed to have said when he was being quizzed for the job of American Assistant Secretary of State. Well, whatever political reminders he might now have, he will never forget our prime minister [P. W. Botha] after being given so memorable a dish as biltong souffle for breakfast yesterday, backed up by straight biltong and maroela jelly.”

CEFR level

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

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