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Meaning of ley | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
leɪ

Definitions

  1. Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
  2. Archaic form of lye.
    alt-of, archaic
  3. Law.
  4. A surname.
  5. A commune of Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
  6. A ley line.
  7. Alternative spelling of lea.
    alt-of, alternative

Equivalents

Bosanski ugar
Français Ley
Hrvatski ugar
Magyar legelő ugar
Српски ugar

Examples

“For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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