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Meaning of rough-dressed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Of building stone, not smooth, uncut.

not-comparable

Examples

“Beyond the junction for the Meltham branch the Penistone line comes to Lockwood Viaduct, which carries the track 122 ft. above the River Holme. [...] The first stone was laid on April 20, 1846, and 30,000 cu. yds. of rough-dressed stone went into its construction.”

CEFR level

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