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Meaning of jheel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
d͡ʒiːl

Definitions

A pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.

India

Examples

“In Spring, it is ablaze with roses; in Summer, the roses die and the hot winds blow from the hills; in Autumn, the white mists from the jhils cover the place as with water, and in Winter the frosts nip everything young and tender to earth-level.”

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