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Meaning of Cockscomb | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A fleshy red crest of a rooster
  2. A red cap once worn by court jesters
  3. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)
  4. An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers
  5. A conceited dandy
  6. A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed

Equivalents

العربية العرف
Български гребен
Bosanski гребен
Català cresta de gall
Čeština hřebínek
Ελληνικά λειρί
Español cresta
فارسی بلوچ
Français crête de coq
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi lepe lepeamoa
Hrvatski гребен
Magyar kakastaréj
Հայերեն կատար
Bahasa Indonesia balung
日本語 鶏冠 鶏頭
한국어 맨드라미 벼슬
Latina crista
Македонски кикиришка
Bahasa Melayu balung
Nederlands hanenkam
Português cristã crista-de-galo
Română creastă
Српски гребен
Tagalog palong
Türkçe horoz ibiği
Українська гребінь
Tiếng Việt mào gà

Examples

“She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket.”

CEFR level

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