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Meaning of strictura | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[strɪkˈtuː.ra]

Definitions

  1. A contraction, compression, stricture.
  2. Pressure, suffering, torment.
  3. A hardened mass of wrought iron, bar of iron, ore (under a forge).

Equivalents

Examples

“striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat”

Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires

CEFR level

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