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Meaning of broogh | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A steep bank or grassy cliff.

Examples

“The local place-name 'Chapel Gate' — 'the road to the Chapel' — is of some antiquity (J. J. Kneen, Place-Names, I, p. 22) and applies particularly to the steep pathway down the brooghs to the keeill-site and well at the west end of 'Chapel Bay'.”
“The new Trust property also includes the interesting small prehistoric stone circle on the nearby brooghs and is also of considerable botanical interest. The cliff top shows a fine example of the hummock heath produced by a combination of […]”

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