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Meaning of ruina montium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A mining technique in Ancient Rome, similar in principle to Pascal's barrel, where miners would excavate narrow cavities in a mountain and fill them with water to cause pressures high enough to fragment the rock.

historical, uncountable

CEFR level

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

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