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Meaning of mowburnt | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.

not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“This is necessary for the developement of the saccharine principle; but occasionally it proceeds too far and the hay becomes mowburnt, in which state it is injurious, or even poisonous.”

CEFR level

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