stive

Noun CEFR B1

staɪv

Definitions

The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.

Equivalents

Italianostive

Examples

“1867, The British Farmer's Magazine, Volum LII, New Series, page 231, The removal of the heated air, steam, stive, and flour from the millstones, is a proposition which does not appear ⟳ to be more than sufficiently well understood.”

CEFR level

B1

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

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See also

stiver Stiverson stives stivot Stiwanism Stiwanist

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