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Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Very cold.

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, informal, not-comparable

Examples

“Blimey, it's brass monkeys out there today.”

CEFR level

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

brass-balled brass-knuckled brass-necked brassbound brassed off brassic

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