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Meaning of Serpentine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈsɜː.pənˌtaɪn

Definitions

  1. A lake in Hyde Park, London.
  2. A river in Alaska.
  3. Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
  4. A river in Australia.
  5. An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
  6. A river in Canada.
  7. A kind of firework.
  8. A minor river in Tasman district and the city of Nelson, New Zealand.
  9. A coiled distillation tube.
  10. A town in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia.
  11. Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
  12. In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.
  13. Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
  14. An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.

Equivalents

Examples

“It is reached by five-and-twenty steps of porphyry and serpentine.”

CEFR level

C2
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