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Rotting

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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