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Meaning of Sleigh | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
sleɪ

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller)

Equivalents

العربية الزلاجة زحافة
Bosanski saone саоне
Deutsch Schlitten
Ελληνικά έλκηθρο
Suomi reki
Français sleigh
עברית מזחלת
Hrvatski saone саоне
日本語
한국어 스께또 썰매 앉을배이 얼음차
Polski sanie
Српски saone саоне
ไทย เลื่อน
Українська сани

Examples

“Santa travels in a sleigh.”
“In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station.”

CEFR level

C2
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