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abnet

n.
C2 Proficiency ab·net

n. a very old word for a large, flat stone or a stone wall. It is mostly used by people who study old languages or history.

n. a large, flat stone or a stone wall. Primarily found in archaic or dialectal contexts; often used in the plural to describe a structure.


SIMPLE

The old abnet stood at the edge of the field.

CONTEXTUAL

Archaeologists discovered a massive abnet that had been used as a boundary marker for centuries.

COMPLEX

The landscape was dotted with ancient abnets, remnants of a forgotten civilization that had once built massive stone structures to protect their crops from the wind.

Origin

From Hebrew אבנט (avnet, “girdle, belt”).

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