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Meaning of Varec | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. The calcined ash of coarse seaweed, used for the manufacture of soda and iodine.
  2. The seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.

Equivalents

العربية عشب البحر
Français varec

Examples

“Potash was scarce because of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), and Bernard Courtois had resorted to varec imported from the Brittany and Normandy seacoasts [5].”

CEFR level

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