foreign body

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.

Equivalents

Españolcuerpo extraño

Françaiscorps étranger

DeutschFremdkörper

8 more languages

Danskfremmedlegeme

Suomivierasesine

Bahasa Indonesiabenda asing

日本語異物

Polskiciało obce

Portuguêscorpo estranho

Românăcorp străin

Русскийиноро́дное те́ло

Examples

“The foreign body stuck inside the dog's stomach turned out to be a bottle cap.”

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

foreign correspondent foreign country foreign currency foreign debt foreign devil foreign direct investment

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