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Meaning of Flypaper | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ

Definitions

A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية صائدة الذباب
Български мухоловка
Bosanski lep
Čeština mucholapka
Deutsch Fliegenfänger Fliegenpapier Honigstreifen
Español papel matamoscas
Suomi kärpäspaperi
Français attrape-mouche papier à mouches papier colle-mouches papier tue-mouches
Hrvatski lep
Italiano acchiappamosche
日本語 蝿取り紙 蠅取り紙
한국어 끈끈이
Kurdî lep
Nederlands vliegenstrip
Polski lep lep na muchy
Русский липу́чка для мух
Slovenčina mucholapka
Српски lep
Svenska flugpapper

Examples

“"What did I tell you? The thing clings like a flypaper," Josella observed to me.”

CEFR level

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

flypaper theory flypast flype flyperson flyposter flyrobin

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