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Meaning of fourteener | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A mountain rising to more than 14,000 feet above mean sea level.
    US
  2. A (usually iambic) line of fourteen syllables.

Examples

“He writes in well filled fourteeners, with individual words used not only vitally to convey the sense but also as a kind of metrical polyfilla.”

CEFR level

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

fourteenness fourteenpence Fourteenth Fourteenthly fourth fourth class

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