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Meaning of matryoshka | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌmætɹɪˈɒʃkə/

Definitions

One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.

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.

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