matryoshka
Definitions
One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.
Equivalents
6 more languages
Examples
“The past is not only a foreign country that we half knew existed; it is hiding another concealed country behind it, and behind that one, another, and another – like⟳ a set⟳ of Russian matryoshki, in which larger dolls conceal smaller.”
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.
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