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Meaning of Tails | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
teɪlz

Definitions

  1. Tail.
  2. Clipping of tailcoat.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
  3. The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
  4. Tailings; waste.
  5. Tailings, feints.

Equivalents

العربية الذيول نقش
Bosanski pile
Deutsch Kehrseite Zahl
Español águila ceca colas cruz
Français pile
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi hiʻu
Hrvatski pile
Magyar írás
Bahasa Indonesia ampas
Italiano code croce
日本語
한국어 뒷면
Kurdî pile
Македонски петка
Nederlands munt
Polski reszka
Português coroa
Русский ре́шка
Српски pile
Svenska klave
தமிழ் பூ
ไทย ก้อย
Türkçe yazı

Examples

“So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails.”
“Tails, I win.”
“The tails can be collected until the evolving distillate is down to about 10 percent, and the stillhead[…]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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