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Meaning of hayey | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
/ˈheɪ(j)i/

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of hay.

Examples

“That inevitable pork fat that flavors everything after one gets west of Buffalo, and a little off the line of travel that leads you through the great hotels in the great cities in America, — that saleratus bread, hayey tea, clammy pie-crust, […]”
“"I am sure it is a year since I ate one before," Lollie wrote, "but in spite of a hayey flavor I liked it"”
“It looked all dim and hayey inside. My stomach tingled. Please let there be kids at the farm, someone my age. I just had to play in that barn. I'd read about kids swinging in haylofts, but I'd never done fun stuff like that.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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