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Meaning of quarantine flag | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A black and yellow flag (signal flag LIMA) formerly hoisted by a ship to show that it has contagious or infectious disease aboard, or by a ship that has been quarantined. This use was listed in Brown’s 1916 code of signals, but this use is no longer listed in contemporary editions of the International Code of Signals.

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

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