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Meaning of infall | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɪnfɔːl/

Definitions

  1. The act or process of falling in.
    countable, uncountable
  2. An incursion; an inroad.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain.
    countable
  4. Movement towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity; especially the process whereby gas falls towards a neutron star or black hole at high speed, forming a plasma
    uncountable

Examples

“1650, Oliver Cromwell, a letter we learn that Ker , with his Western Army , was lying at a place called Carmunnock , when he made this infall upon Lambert”

CEFR level

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

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