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lichening

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A covering of lichen.

uncountable

Examples

“The house was apparently very old; it had an almost prehistoric look⟳ about it, so rude and weatherbeaten was it, but the rudeness of the masonry and the lichening of the stones were no real indications of antiquity […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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