Meaning of lightning rod | Babel Free
ˈlaɪtnɪŋ ˌɹɒdDefinitions
Equivalents
العربية
مَانِعَة صَوَاعِق
Català
parallamps
Deutsch
Blitzableiter
Esperanto
fulmoŝirmilo
Suomi
ukkosenjohdatin
Français
paratonnerre
Gaeilge
conduchtaire tintrí
हिन्दी
तड़ित चालक
Հայերեն
շանթարգել
Bahasa Indonesia
penangkal petir
Italiano
parafulmine
日本語
避雷針
한국어
피뢰침
Македонски
громобран
Português
para-raios
Română
paratrăsnet
Slovenčina
hromozvod
Svenska
åskledare
ไทย
สายล่อฟ้า
Tiếng Việt
cột thu lôi
Examples
“"My special business is to travel the country for orders for lightning-rods. This is my specimen rod;" tapping his staff; "I have the best of references"-fumbling in his pockets. "In Criggan last month, I put up three-and-twenty rods on only five buildings."”
“Another factor was that when the two governments changed Stormont’s rules in 2006 they left the dual premiership as the “lightning rod for other difficulties”, said [Brendan] O’Leary.”
“Though hardly a novel claim nowadays[…] it made [Jean] Twenge a lightning rod in the research world, where some academics remain skeptical of the panic over smartphones.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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