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Meaning of coping stone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A capstone.
    figuratively, literally
  2. One of the stones or slabs that form the outer edge of a railway station platform, next to the track.

Equivalents

Deutsch Mauerkronenstein

Examples

“Other station works include platform extensions to 240 metres, track renewals (which had been completed on three of the four running lines at Kettering by early September) and work on the platform surfaces, such as realignment of coping stones.”

CEFR level

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

coping strategy Copinger copinglink Copings copingstone copino

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