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Meaning of witches' stone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to rest.
  2. An adder stone, a stone with a (natural) hole in it.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, stone.

Examples

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

witches' thimbles witchetty witchetty grub witchety witchety grub witchfinder

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