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Burin

Noun CEFR B1
ˈbjʊər.ɪn

Definitions

  1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  2. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
  3. A prehistoric flint tool

Equivalents

Españolburil
Françaisburin
Italianobulino
7 more languages

Examples

“I kept staring at the same wallpaper on the same wall; I stared at it so often that every line of its zigzag pattern has etched itself on the innermost folds of my brain as if with an engraver’s burin.”

CEFR level

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