BROCKEN

Meaning of BROCKEN in English

Pronunciation: ' brä-k ə n

Function: geographical name

mountain 3747 ft (1142 m ) cen Germany near former E. Germany-W. Germany border; highest in Harz Mountains

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

BROCKEN — geographical name mountain 3747 feet (1142 meters ) central Germany near former East Germany-W. Germany border; highest in Harz Mountains
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BROCKEN — Highest point in the Harz Mountains , central Germany. Its granite peak reaches 3,747 ft (1,142 m). When the sun …
Английский словарь Британика
BROCKEN — /brok"euhn/ ; Ger. /brddawk"euhn/ , n. a mountain in N central Germany: the highest peak in the Harz Mountains. 3745 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROCKEN — geographical name mountain 3747 feet (1142 meters ) central Germany near former East Germany-W. Germany border; highest in Harz Mountains
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BROCKEN — also called Blocksberg, highest point (3,747 feet ) of the Harz Mountains, lying 8 miles (13 km) west-southwest of Wernigerode, …
Britannica English vocabulary
BROCKEN — Brocken BrE AmE ˈbrɒk ə n AmE ˈbrɑːk- —German [ ˈbʁɔk ə n \] ▶ ˌ Brocken ˈ spectre BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BROCKEN — Highest point in the Harz Mountains , central Germany. Its granite peak reaches 3,747 ft (1,142 m). When the sun …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BROCKEN — пик Броккен
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BROCKEN — (n) Броккен
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BROCKEN — пик Броккен
Англо-Русский географический словарь
BROCKEN BOW — noun see brocken specter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPECTER OF THE BROCKEN — Usage: usually capitalized B : brocken specter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROCKEN SPECTER — noun or brocken bow ˈbräkən- Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: from Brocken, peak in the Harz mountains, Germany; Brocken specter, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROCKEN SPECTER — an optical phenomenon sometimes occurring at high altitudes when the image of an observer placed between the sun and a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROCKEN BOW — /boh/ anticorona. [ so called from frequent observation of the phenomenon by individuals standing on the BROCKEN at sunset ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROCKEN SPECTRE — add. ·- a mountain specter (which see), ·esp. that observed on the brocken, in the harz mountains.
Webster English vocab
BROCKEN SPECTER — add. ·- ·alt. of brocken spectre.
Webster English vocab
BROCKEN SPECTRE — ■ noun a magnified shadow of an observer thrown on to a bank of cloud in high mountain areas when …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BROCKEN BOW — also called Anticorona, Glory, Brocken Spectre, or Mountain Spectre, the apparently enormously magnified shadow of an observer cast, when the …
Britannica English vocabulary
WALPURGIS NIGHT — Night before May 1. The name comes from the 8th-century St. Walburga (or Walpurgis), an English missionary who ran an …
Английский словарь Британика
HARZ MOUNTAINS — Mountain range, central Germany. Lying between the Elbe rivers, it is 60 mi (100 km) long and about 20 mi …
Английский словарь Британика
GLORY — I. ˈglōrē, -ȯrē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English glorie glory, vainglory, from Middle French & Latin; Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN SPECTER — noun : brocken specter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPECTRE — () A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains.
Английский словарь Webster
HARZ — most northerly mountain range in Germany, between the Weser and Elbe rivers, occupying parts of the German Lnder (states) of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPECTRE — n. (US specter) 1 a ghost. 2 a haunting presentiment or preoccupation (the spectre of war). 3 (in comb.) used …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPECTRE — n. (US specter) 1 a ghost. 2 a haunting presentiment or preoccupation (the spectre of war). 3 (in comb.) used …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPECTRE — n. (US specter) 1. a ghost. 2 a haunting presentiment or preoccupation (the spectre of war). 3 (in comb.) used …
Oxford English vocab
HARZ MOUNTAINS — Mountain range, central Germany. Lying between the Weser and Elbe rivers, it is 60 mi (100 km) long and about …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FEEL — 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - felt 1) а) ощупывать, осязать, трогать, прикасаться; диал. обонять, "слышать" запах; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ПРИЗНАК БРОКЕНСКИЙ — Brocken bow, Brocken specter
Большой Русско-Английский словарь
FEEL — 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - felt 1) а) ощупывать, осязать, трогать, прикасаться; диал. обонять, "слышать" запах; …
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