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fontanelle

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
  2. A structural component of some woodwind instruments, such as recorders and shawms, resembling a barrel with holes bored into it, designed to protect the keywork and to allow the sound to project.

Equivalents

Españolfontanelamollera
Françaisfontanelle
DeutschFontanelle
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CEFR level

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

Fontanes Fontanez fontange Fontanilla fontanite Fontcest

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