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moonwake

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The reflection of moonlight on a body of water.

no-plural

Examples

“I was long puzzled to know⟳ why this moonwake always followed as I walked […]”
“And they grew and brightened and gathered; and whiles together they ran. Like⟳ the moonwake over the waters […]”
“Mariners sometimes call⟳ the moving path of light⟳ leading to the moon the moonwake, because it looks like⟳ the white wash⟳ of a ship's wake⟳.”

CEFR level

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