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Shallow

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈʃæl.oʊ

Definitions

  1. A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
  2. A surname.
  3. A fish, the rudd.
  4. A costermonger's barrow.

Equivalents

45 more languages
العربيةضحل
Azərbaycan diliyastı
Българскиплитък
Cymraegbas
Ελληνικάρηχός
Gàidhligtanalachd
Հայերենծանծաղ
Kurdîbajobasbaşcanlavmar
Кыргызчатайыз
Latviešusekls
Te Reo Māoripāti
မြန်မာတိမ်
Românăplat
Svenskagrundgrynnamarytlig
ไทยตื่น
Tagalogmababaw
Türkçesığ
Tiếng Việtcannong

Examples

The ship ran aground in an unexpected shallow.”
“A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but […]upon shallows of gravel.”
dashed on the shallows of the moving sand
“It happened that, as I was watching some of the little people bathing in a shallow, one of them was seized with cramp and began drifting downstream.”
“He dipped his hand in the shallow: Water ran over and under Hair on a narrow wrist bone; […]”
You might have gone there quite as easily, and enjoyed yourself much more, had your mode of conveyance been the railway, or a hansom, or even a costermonger's shallow.”

CEFR level

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