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Meaning of red dog | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A blitz.
    US, countable
  2. A card game in which players bet on the next card to appear.
  3. The lowest grade of flour in milling, secured largely from the germ or embryo and adjacent parts, and mainly useful as animal feed.
    uncountable
  4. Coal slag.
    uncountable
  5. Prickly heat; miliaria.
    informal, uncountable
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, dog.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“This fraction of grain offal contains a number of over-lapping sub-fractions, which are known in the trade as red-dog, shorts, middlings, and bran. A portion of the red-dog is contained in the lowest grade of straight flour.”

CEFR level

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

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