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Meaning of flinders | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈflɪndəz

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. fragments, splinters
    plural, plural-only
  3. A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia, name after the river; in full, the Shire of Flinders.
  4. A long river in northern Queensland, which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria; in full, the Flinders River.
  5. A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Examples

“The heat brought sweat and the sweat blinded. Black flinders gyrated in the fiery air like bats.”

CEFR level

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