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flinders

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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