Meaning of cow chip | Babel Free
Definitions
A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.
Equivalents
Examples
“Eleodes obsoleta: Common on the plains, beneath cow-chips and rubbish, everywhere from Denver to Colorado Springs.”
“He unhitched and unharnessed the team, turned it loose with the horse herd, remuda, and helped the cook⟳ gather cow chips for fuel.”
“When cattle replaced buffalo on the plains, cow chips in turn⟳ replaced buffalo chips as a ready source of British thermal units.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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