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railway sleeper

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A railroad tie.

UK

Equivalents

DeutschSchwelle
日本語枕木
3 more languages
Galegotravesa
Polskipodkład
Svenskasyll

Examples

“West's friends were so appalled by the nature of his death that they arranged for a wooden memorial in the churchyard of St Laurence's, constructed aptly from a railway sleeper.”

CEFR level

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