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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)
Familiarity information: CABER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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