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Chalice

Noun CEFR B1
ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪs

Definitions

  1. A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
  2. A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.

Equivalents

Españolcáliz
Françaiscalice
DeutschKelchPokal
36 more languages
العربيةالكأسصواع
Беларускаякубакчаша
Catalàcalze
Češtinakalich
Danskkalk
Esperantokaliko
فارسیساتگینی
עבריתגביע
हिन्दीचषक
Magyarkehely
Bahasa Indonesiabekercawankalikspialatuwung
Íslenskakaleikur
Italianocalice
日本語聖爵
한국어성작
Kurdîbêkêrçawankalkkelk
Latinacalix
Nederlandskelk
Portuguêscálicecálix
Românăcaliciupotir
Slovenčinapohár
Slovenščinakelih
Svenskakalk
Tagalogkalis
Türkçekadeh
Українськаке́лихкубокчаша

Examples

“[W]e but teach / Bloody Inſtructions, which, being taught, returne / To plague th' Inuentor. This euen-handed Iuſtice / Commends th' Ingredience of our poyſon'd Challice / To our owne lips.”

CEFR level

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