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Gangplank

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside.

Equivalents

15 more languages
Bosanskisteg
Ελληνικάαναβάθρα
Hrvatskisteg
Italianopasserella
ქართულისაბიჯელა
Македонскимовче
Nederlandsloopplank
Русскийсходнятрап
Српскиsteg
Svenskalandgång
Tagalogandamyo

Examples

Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...]”

CEFR level

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