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Meaning of dead stand | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A standstill.
  2. A stand of trees that have died.

Examples

“Then followed a signal check to walking pace at Holloway and finally a dead stand of 5¾ min. while we stolidly contemplated the beauties of Belle Isle (not quite the equal of those of the Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore, on which I was destined to set eyes a few weeks later).”

CEFR level

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

dead stick dead stop dead tail dead tired dead tree dead tree edition

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