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Meaning of Burrow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbʌɹəʊ

Definitions

  1. A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
  2. A surname.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A place in England:
    countable, uncountable
  4. A hamlet in Broadclyst parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9997).
    countable, uncountable
  5. A settlement in Newton Poppleford and Harpford parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY0789).
    countable, uncountable
  6. A settlement in Kingsbury Episcopi parish, Somerset, which includes Higher Burrow and Lower Burrow (OS grid ref ST4120).
    countable, uncountable
  7. A hamlet in Wootton Courtenay parish and Timberscombe parish, Somerset (OS grid ref SS9342).
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الجحر جحر دولج سرب كناس
Беларуская нара
Български ду́пка ровя
བོད་སྐད ས་འོག་ཚ་ཁུང
Català cau
Čeština nora
Cymraeg twll
Deutsch Bau Graben
Ελληνικά λαγούμι
Esperanto fosi
Español cavar madriguera ratonera socavar
Eesti tuhnima
Suomi kaivaa kolo pesä pesäkolo
Français clapier terrier
Gaeilge poll uachais
Galego caustra paleira tobo toco
עברית חור מחילה
हिन्दी बिल
Magyar járat lyuk üreg
Italiano buca covo cunicolo scavare una tana tana
日本語 巣穴
ქართული სორო
Қазақша ін
한국어 소굴
Kurdî hol hol în în in ola
Lietuvių kasti ola urvas
Te Reo Māori rua unu
Македонски дупка
Nederlands burcht graven hol wroeten
Polski jama kopać nora tunel
Português cavar toca túnel
Română vizuină
Русский нора́
Slovenčina Nora
Svenska gryt håla jordkula
Tagalog lungga
Türkçe in
Українська нора
Tiếng Việt hang

Examples

“But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in.”

CEFR level

C2
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