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Meaning of Sparkling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈspɑɹkl̩ɪŋ

Definitions

  1. Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
  2. A sparkling wine.
  3. Ellipsis of sparkling water (“fizzy drinking water”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.”
“Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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