Meaning of boreen | Babel Free
bɔːˈɹiːnDefinitions
A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing in the middle.
Examples
“Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen \ And she smiled as she passed me by.”
“A boy in a disguise nobody believed in, an actor playing a part he didn't understand, he would trudge every rocky field and quaking bog, every pot-holed road and tortuous boreen, each of the thirteen villages on his father's estate, speaking the Irish he had learned from his father's servants.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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