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Tass

Noun CEFR B1
tæs

Definitions

  1. An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.
  2. A village in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary.
  3. Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
  4. A heap, pile.
  5. A cup or cupful.
    Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
  6. Synonym of tasse.
  7. Former name of Nyírtass: a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary.

Equivalents

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MagyarTass

Examples

“"Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."”
“In his remarks at the close of the summit, Lavrov also hailed the German government’s refusal to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine as a “responsible stance,” TASS reported.”

CEFR level

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