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Meaning of agger | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈaɡ.ɡɛr]

Definitions

  1. earthwork, particularly defensive ramparts or bulwarks, dykes, dams, causeways, and piers
    declension-3, masculine
  2. rubble or earth used or intended for such earthwork
    declension-3, masculine
  3. any rampart or defensive wall
    declension-3, figuratively, masculine

Equivalents

English bank Bulwark Rampart
Kurdî bank

Examples

“Eruptionibus … aggeri ignem inferebant”

By sorties they set fire to the ramparts

CEFR level

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

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