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Meaning of Skittle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈskɪtəl

Definitions

One of the wooden targets used in skittles.

Equivalents

العربية سكيتل
Čeština kuželka
Suomi keilapeli
Français quille
Kurdî pîne
Te Reo Māori pine
Polski kręgiel
Svenska kägla

Examples

“By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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