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Meaning of machair | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A type of calcareous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Français machair

Examples

“Burials had been found north and south of Applecross, preserved in the soils of sandy coastal meadows known as machair.”

CEFR level

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