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Meaning of shell road | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A road with a bed or other layer made from shells.

US

Examples

“You know, the kind of New Orleans rain that […] tamps down the dust of the old shell roads and washes down the oyster stink in the French Quarter gutters and slicks up all the playground equipment and makes New Orleans smell—is it possible?—so fresh.”

CEFR level

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

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