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Meaning of whale-backed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Of a landform, having a gentle curve resembling the back of a whale.

Examples

“In front was an open plain, sloping slightly upwards and dotted with clumps of tree-ferns, the whole curving before us until it ended in a long, whale-backed ridge.”

CEFR level

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

whaleboned whaleish whaleless whalelike whalish whally

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