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Meaning of sponson | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.

Examples

“He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits ; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].”

CEFR level

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

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