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Meaning of karn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A pile of rocks.
    dated
  2. A surname.

Examples

“Besides the single bason above-mention'd, I could not perceive one in all the rocks; but in a Karn below, overlooking, and it's sides almost perpendicular to the sea, I saw many furrows and clefts crossing the surface of the upper rocks; this lower-most Karn is call'd in the Cornish tongue Karn-a-wethen, that is, the Tree-Karn […]”
“This gorseddau lies opposite to a karn of rocks, which is called the Cheese-wring.”
“This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.”

CEFR level

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

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