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Meaning of ترکش | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
tar.ˈkaʃ

Definitions

  1. quiver
  2. explosion
  3. shrapnel, fragment (of an artillery shell, bomb, grenade, etc.)

Equivalents

English Explosion Quiver

Examples

“هنگامی که یک خمپاره به زمین اصابت میکند، صدها تركش بزرگ و کوچک آن قارچمانند در فضا پراکنده میشود، و در خلئی که از موج انفجار آن ایجاد میگردد، فولاد نیز همچون مقوایی نرم مچاله میشود.”

When a mortar hits the ground, hundreds of its large and small fragments are spread around in a mushroom-like shape, and in the vacuum created by its blast wave even steel crumples like a soft cardboard.

CEFR level

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