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Meaning of swire | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/swaɪə/

Definitions

  1. The neck.
    obsolete
  2. A surname.
  3. A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale.

Examples

“As he approached the swire at the head of the dell […], he beheld, to his astonishment, a bright halo in the cloud of haze, that rose in a semi-circle over his head like a pale rainbow.”

CEFR level

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

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