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CABER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caber mean? 

CABER (noun)
  The noun CABER has 1 sense:

1. a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)play

  Familiarity information: CABER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CABER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("caber" is a kind of...):

pole (a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic)


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