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Meaning of Rotting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

Definitions

  1. The process by which something rots.
  2. Material that has rotted.

Equivalents

العربية التعفّن
Čeština tlející
Deutsch modrig
Español cedicio cedizo
हिन्दी सड़ा-गला
Bahasa Indonesia pembusukan
日本語 痛み
Polski gniły
ไทย หึ่ง
Українська загнивання

Examples

“[…] the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves.”
“From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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