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Meaning of bird's-eye | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/ˈbɜː(ɹ)dz ˈaɪ/

Definitions

  1. Having spots resembling the eyes of a bird.
    not-comparable
  2. As if viewed from an altitude; panoramic.
    not-comparable

Examples

“There is also one of the woodblocks used to print Jacopo de’ Barbari’s revolutionary bird’s-eye panorama of Venice and the lagoon, from 1500.”
“In the 1970s Thiebaud became increasingly interested in landscapes and cityscapes that he painted from a bird’s-eye perspective. In “Potrero Hill” a painting from the mid-1970s, he jammed freeways, hills and buildings together in a steep vertical of color and light.”

CEFR level

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

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