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Meaning of corf | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
kɔːf

Definitions

  1. A large basket, especially as used for coal.
  2. A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
  3. A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Equivalents

Dansk dam hyttefad
Deutsch Fischkasten
Suomi sumppu
Gaeilge féan guail
Kurdî dam
Polski sadź
Português cofo samburá
Svenska sump

Examples

“Why, I am simple as a pony, Sir […]?– born in a Drift, a Corf for my cradle, and nought but the Back-shift for Schoolmasters there […]?”

CEFR level

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

corfe Corfe Castle Corfe Mullen Corfield Corfiot Corfiote

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