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Meaning of Fescue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈfɛskjuː

Definitions

  1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
  2. A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.
  3. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
  4. The style of a sundial.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca topal
Čeština kostřava
Suomi nata
Français fétuque
Íslenska vingull
Polski Kostrzewa
Русский овся́ница
Svenska svingel

Examples

“to come under the fescue of an imprimatur”
“‘Now then,’ Mason rapping upon the Table’s Edge with a sinister-looking Fescue of Ebony, whose List of Uses simple Indication does not quite exhaust, whilst the Girls squirm pleasingly”
“with thy golden fescue play'dst upon Thy hollow harp”

CEFR level

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