cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Worcester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊstə/
ipa: /ˈwʊstɚ/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Wirchestre, Wirechestre, from Old English Weogornaċeaster (“Roman fort of the Weogoran”).
Senses: examples: text: Our arrival at Worcester is heralded by the appearance of the city's cathedral tower, a solid square structure that's dominated the skyline since the 12th century.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
glosses: A city and local government district with borough status in and the county town of Worcestershire, England.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Otsego County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Washington County, Vermont.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A town in Limpopo province, South Africa.
glosses: A town in the Western Cape province, South Africa.
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of Worcester College, Oxford.
Derived terms: word: Hereford and Worcester
word: Wooster
word: Worcester County
word: Worcester Park
word: Worcester sauce
word: Worcestershire
Worcester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊstə/
ipa: /ˈwʊstɚ/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Wirchestre, Wirechestre, from Old English Weogornaċeaster (“Roman fort of the Weogoran”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Worcester sauce.
Worcester sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Worcester sauces
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Worcestershire sauce.
synonyms: word: Worcestershire sauce
fireside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firesides
form: fire-side
Etymology: From fire + side.
Senses: glosses: The area near a domestic fire or hearth.
qualifier: symbolic
glosses: One's home.
glosses: Home life.
examples: text: At a Brigham Young University fireside, President Hunter said, “If you feel that … what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart[...]”
ref: 1994 October, Rex D. Pinegar, “The Simple Things”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Thomas (that is not his real name) was one who had lost his way. We became acquainted at a special fireside attended by members one doesn’t normally see on Sunday[...] The day before, Thomas’s father had invited him to attend the fireside.
ref: 1999 April, Keith B. McMullin, “Welcome Home”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: A supplementary meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Derived terms: fireside chat
fireside set
Mollie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Molly.
examples: text: It was a crack division by then, and probably the chief architect of its excellence, next to Eddy, had been a private named Warner and nicknamed Molotov, which was later shortened to Mollie.
ref: 1955, The New Yorker, volume 31, numbers 13-25, Condé Nast Publications, page 34:
glosses: A diminutive of Molotov.
Huddersfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌdə(ɹ)zfiːld/
ipa: /ˈ(h)ʊdəsfiːəld/
Senses: glosses: A large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.
Great Yarmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and borough of Norfolk, England.
wikipedia: Borough of +
Great Yarmouth
Harwich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæɹɪt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ˈhæɹɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -æɹɪdʒ
Senses: examples: text: In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.
ref: 1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
text: The port of Harwich is where England bares her rump to the continent.
ref: 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books:
glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM2632).
glosses: A town on Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Folkestone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊkstən/
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Folca, genitive singular *Folcan + stān (“stone”). The change to folces stan is probably due to false association with Old English folc (“people”).
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2235).
Derived terms: Folkestone and Hythe
Falmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfælməθ/
Etymology: In Cornwall, from Fal + mouth, at the mouth of the River Fal.
Senses: glosses: A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).
glosses: A village in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fairview Township, Fayette County and Union Township and Washington Township, Rush County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Pendleton County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
examples: text: Erickson shared images on CNN iReport that show mixed holiday decorations in their Falmouth, Massachusetts, home, from a menorah and advent calendar to stockings bearing the phrase “shalom” and plates decorated with dreidels on a red plaid table cloth.
ref: 2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2013:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clam Union Township, Missaukee County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Stafford County, Virginia.
glosses: A port town in Saint Paul parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
examples: text: My son says that this telephone can even allow you to chat with someone in another district—that you may be in Falmouth, yet your talk may be raising the eyebrows of someone in Kingston.
ref: 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 102:
glosses: A town, the parish capital of Trelawny parish, Jamaica; named for the harbour town in Cornwall, England.
glosses: A rural community of Break O'Day council area, Tasmania, Australia.
Eastbourne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːstbɔː(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: East Bourne
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and local government district with borough status in East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV6098).
glosses: An eastern suburb of Darlington, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3014).
glosses: An isolated suburb of Lower Hutt and former borough in Wellington region, New Zealand.
Penzance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛnˈzæns/
rhymes: -æns
Etymology: From Cornish Pennsans, meaning "holy headland".
Senses: glosses: A coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4730).
glosses: A special service area in the Regional Municipality of Sarnia, No. 221, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A locality in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
Southend-on-Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From south + end + on + sea.
Senses: glosses: A coastal city in Essex, England, United Kingdom, on the Thames Estuary.
glosses: A unitary authority with city status in Essex.
Synonyms: Southend
Truro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʊəɹ.oʊ/
rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ
Etymology: Perhaps from Cornish try (“three, very”) + berow (“a boiling”), meaning "(a place of) great water turbulence", where the two fast rivers of Allen and Kenwyn meet to form the Truro. Alternatively, from the Gaulish tribal name Treveri, from Celtic trē ("through") + uer ("water, wet"), meaning "water crossing", in reference to "the people of the river crossing".
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the city in England.
Senses: glosses: A city and civil parish with a city council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8244).
glosses: A city and civil parish with a city council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8244).
The Cornish constituency which existed from 1295 to 1997 and encompassed the city.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Knox County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Madison County, Iowa.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Franklin County, Ohio.
glosses: A town in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A town in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.
Derived terms: Truronian
Truro River
Truro Shoal
Kingston upon Hull
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Distinguishing this location from other places also known as Kingston. Hull refers to the River Hull, Kingston was rendered as Kyngeston or King's Town at first.
Senses: glosses: A maritime city and unitary authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, also known as Hull.
wikipedia: River Hull
Colchester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒltʃɛstə/
ipa: /ˈkɔltʃɛstɚ/
Etymology: From Old English Colneċeaster, equivalent to Colne (a Celtic-named river) + Old English ceaster (“a Roman town”).
Senses: glosses: A city, local government district, and borough in Essex, England, the oldest town in England.
glosses: A community in the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in New London County, Connecticut.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city and township in McDonough County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Delaware County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Chittenden County, Vermont, named after the Earl of Colchester.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia.
glosses: A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
Derived terms: Colchester County
Related terms: Colcestrian
Chelmsford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛlmzfəd/
Etymology: Ultimately from Old English Ċēolmǣres (“Ceolmær's”) + ford, after an early landowner.
Senses: glosses: A city in and the county town of Essex, England, granted city status in 2012.
glosses: A local government district with borough status of Essex, the City of Chelmsford, originally formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
glosses: A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Related terms: english: river
translation: river
word: Chelmer
Barnstaple
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)nstəpəɫ/
ipa: /ˈbɑːɹnstəbəl/
Etymology: Formerly Barnstable; the name is first recorded in the 10th century and is believed to derive from the Old English bearde (“battle-axe”) and stapol (“pillar”). Not related to staple in the sense of a market, which arose later.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5633).
Basildon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A new town in Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7088).
glosses: A local government district with borough status of Essex, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.
glosses: A civil parish of West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, bordered by the River Thames.
Derived terms: Lower Basildon
Upper Basildon
Birkenhead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːkənhɛd/
Etymology: From Birkheued 1260, Bircheveth c1200; headland where birch trees grow; from Old English birce + heafod.
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3288).
glosses: A settlement in the Western Cape province, South Africa.
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the city's North Shore.
glosses: An English topographic surname.
glosses: Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
Derived terms: Birkenhead drill
Bridlington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪdlɪŋtən/
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Berhtel + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1866).
Derived terms: Bridlington principle
Doncaster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒnkæstəɹ/
ipa: /ˈdɒnkɑːstə/
Forms: form: Doncasters
Etymology: The Romano-British name was Latin Dānum, from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.
Senses: glosses: A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England.
glosses: A Mohawk Native Reserve in the Laurentides region, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland.
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Gosport
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒspɔː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: gosport
Etymology: Possibly from goose or gorse, or from God's port.
Senses: glosses: A town and borough in Hampshire, England, next to Portsmouth (OS grid ref SZ6199).
glosses: A community in the town of Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A town in Wayne Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A former town on Star Island, New Hampshire, United States, now part of the town of Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
Gosport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒspɔː(ɹ)t/
Forms: form: Gosports
form: gosport
Etymology: Possibly from goose or gorse, or from God's port.
Senses: examples: text: It was all done through Gosports, which was a rubber tube and a funnel thing that looked like you measure stuff with. The ends were plugged into your helmet and you talked to each other through this rubber hose […]
ref: 2015, Dewey Cassell, The Incredible Herb Trimpe, page 31:
glosses: Ellipsis of Gosport tube.
Guildford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪlfəd/
rhymes: -ɪlfə(ɹ)d
Etymology: The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.
Senses: glosses: A large town, the county town of Surrey, England.
glosses: A local government district with borough status in Surrey, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
glosses: A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A former railway station in Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A small settlement in Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
Derived terms: Guildford Four
Guildfordian
Related terms: Gilford
Gildford
Guilford
Harrogate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)æɹəɡət/
ipa: /ˈhæɹəɡeɪt/
Senses: examples: text: She was from Harrogate, a beautiful town in North Yorkshire with quaint shops, spas and tea rooms aplenty. Itʼs where you go when you want to show people the nice parts of Yorkshire – the kind of place you would take your mother for Motherʼs Day.
ref: 2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), page 117:
glosses: A town in North Yorkshire, England. It should now be a civil parish, with a town council elected on 1 May 2025.
glosses: A former local government district in North Yorkshire formed in 1974 and dissolved in 2023.
Derived terms: Harrogatonian
High Harrogate
Low Harrogate
Lowestoft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈloʊstɒft/
/ˈloʊstəf/
/ˈloʊ.əstɒft/
Etymology: From Old Norse Hloðvér (“a personal name”) + toft (“homestead”).
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM5493).
Derived terms: Lowestoftian
Lowestoft Ness
Luton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːtən/
Etymology: From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Leyton.
Senses: glosses: A town, unitary authority, and borough in Bedfordshire, England.
glosses: A hamlet in Broadhembury parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0802).
glosses: A small village in Bishopsteignton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9076).
glosses: An airport to the north of London, in Bedfordshire, England.
Derived terms: Luton body
Luton peak
Luton van
Luton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːtən/
Forms: form: Lutons
Etymology: From a clipping of Luton van or Luton body, which incorporate such a part into the design.
Senses: topics: road
transport
glosses: A part of the body of a commercial or recreational vehicle that extends over the cab.
Maidstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪdstəʊn/
/ˈmeɪdstən/
Etymology: From Old English medestan, meddestane from earlier mægdan stane (“the maidens' stone, the people's stone”). Ultimately from Old English mægden + stan or mæġþ + stan which are equivalent to maid(en) + stone. Compare Folkestone and Chiddingstone.
Senses: glosses: A town in and the county town of Kent, England; located on the River Medway.
glosses: A local government district with borough status of Kent, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
Margate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Meregate
Senses: examples: text: Alderman Johnson condemns the Reform Act, and is for going backward, in all things, to the good times. Punch humbly suggests that every man who votes for the Crab Alderman should be punished as follows:— The said voter never to be permitted to travel by rail, but to journey to York or elsewhere by the very slowest coach. Never to go to Margate by steamboat, but to take three days to the voyage, per hoy. Never to send a letter by penny-post, but to pay 10d. or 13d., as the case may be—the good old price of the good old times.
ref: 1847, “Vote for Alderman Johnson”, in Punch, volume XIII, page 40:
glosses: A coastal town in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3570).
glosses: A city in Broward County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
glosses: A community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A suburb of the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A town mostly in Kingborough council area, Tasmania, Australia.
Derived terms: Margate City
Morecambe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːkəm/
Senses: glosses: A resort town and civil parish with a town council in Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4364).
Derived terms: Morecambe Bay
Shrewsbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/
ipa: /ˈʃɹuːzbɹi/
ipa: /ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/
ipa: /ˈʃɹuzbəɹi/
Etymology: From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”).
Senses: glosses: A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.
glosses: A civil parish with a town council which includes the town in Shropshire, which partly replaced Shrewsbury and Atcham District when it was abolished in 2009.
glosses: A small hamlet in Chatham-Kent municipality, south-western Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A ghost town in Gore township, Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A hamlet in Portland parish, Jamaica.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A declining rural unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; a suburb of New Orleans.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in St. Louis County, Missouri; an inner suburb of St. Louis.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, which has shrunk in size since 1693.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in eastern Monmouth County, New Jersey, formed in 1926 from the township.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Upper Freehold Township, in southwestern Monmouth County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An estuary in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Three townships in Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County, Sullivan County and York County.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
glosses: An English earldom.
Derived terms: Shrewsbury cake
Swindon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪn.dən/
rhymes: -ɪndən
Etymology: From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + denu (“valley”), similar to the name Swinden. The first element could instead be from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn, or its Old English equivalent swān.
Senses: glosses: A town, unitary authority, and borough in Wiltshire, England.
glosses: A suburban village and civil parish in Cheltenham borough, Gloucestershire, England, also known as Swindon Village (OS grid ref SO9325).
glosses: A village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SO8690).
glosses: A community in Perry township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Swindonian
Taunton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tauntons
Etymology: From Old English Tantūn, from the name of the river Tone.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).
glosses: A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200).
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A hamlet in the town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Adams County, Washington.
glosses: A rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Somerset West and Taunton
Taunton Deane
Taunton turkey
Torbay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɔɹˈbeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: In Devon, recorded as Torrebay in 1401, from Torre + bay "the bay near Torre", which later became Tor Bay.
The town in Newfoundland is named after the borough in Devon.
Senses: glosses: A borough in Devon, England.
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A small town, bay, and suburb of Albany, Western Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
Derived terms: Torbay sole
Warrington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔ(ː)ɹɪŋtən/
Etymology: From Middle English Wardintone, from the Old English personal name Wearda, from weard (“guard”), + -ing + tūn, meaning either "Wearda's estate" or "the lookout place".
Senses: glosses: A town, borough, and unitary authority in Cheshire, England.
glosses: A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8954).
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Escambia County, Florida.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in York County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A coastal settlement north of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A surname.
Stratford-on-Avon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹætfə(ɹ)d ɒn ˈeɪvən/
Forms: form: Stratford-upon-Avon
form: Stratford
Etymology: From being the location of a river ford for a roadway. From Old Welsh avon (“river”) + Old English ford (“ford”) + Old English strǣt (“street”); from Latin strata (“road”). From being a ford for a British Roman road. The ford itself has subsequently been built over, becoming Clopton Bridge. The river itself has subsequently become named River Avon.
Senses: examples: text: Nuneaton was not a Stratford on Avon, nor had it a salubrious air.
ref: 1957, The Foundry Trade Journal, page 454:
text: If America is not privileged enough to have a Stratford-on-Avon, it still has a Concord
ref: 1979, Steven Kagle, America: Exploration and Travel, page 82:
glosses: A town in Warwickshire, England, birthplace of William Shakespeare. Often used as a byword for a particularly idyllic or historic town.
glosses: A local government district of Warwickshire with its headquarters in the town.
Haslemere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈheɪzəlˌmɪə(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9032).
Felixstowe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiː.lɪk.stoʊ/
Etymology: First attested as Filchestou in 1254. Derived from a compound of the name of Saint Felix of Burgundy and Middle English stowe (“place, stead”).
Senses: glosses: A coastal town, port, and civil parish with a town council in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3034).
wikipedia: Saint Felix of Burgundy
Bridport
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take the matter into their own hands.
ref: 1957 November 24, J. Spencer Gilks, “Centenary of the Bridport Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 747:
glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4693).
Derived terms: Bridport dagger
Newhaven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Hartington Nether Quarter parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1660).
glosses: A hamlet in Parkham parish, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS3922).
glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4401).
glosses: A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2576).
glosses: A town on Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.
Titchfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Hampshire, England.
selfdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selfdoms
Etymology: From Middle English selfdom, from Old English selfdōm (“independence”), equivalent to self + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: "The target of the Jihad was a machine-attitude as much as the machines," Leto said. "Humans had set those machines to usurp our sense of beauty, our necessary selfdom out of which we make living judgments. Naturally, the machines were destroyed."
ref: 1981, Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Science Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 263:
glosses: selfhood.
Fareham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛəɹəm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹəm
Forms: form: Farehams
Etymology: Recorded as Ferneham in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”).
Senses: glosses: A town and borough in Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU578048).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Waterlooville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈluːvɪl/
Etymology: From Waterloo + -ville; it was originally named Waterloo.
Senses: glosses: A town in Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6809).
Hythe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪð/
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in the County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta, Canada, named after Hythe , Kent.
glosses: A town in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4207).
glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1634).
glosses: Former name of Southport, Tasmania.
Hythe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪð/
Forms: form: The Hythe
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in Colchester, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0124).
Derived terms: Folkestone and Hythe
Hythe and Dibden
Small Hythe
Havant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhævənt/
rhymes: -ævənt
homophone: haven't
Etymology: From Middle English Haveunte from Old English Haman (“Hama's”, personal name) + *funta (“Spring”)
Senses: glosses: A town in Hampshire, England.
glosses: A local government district with borough status of Hampshire, with its headquarters in the town of Havant.
Eastleigh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːstli/
rhymes: -iːstli
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4519).
glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4519).
A local government district with borough status in Hampshire.
glosses: A hamlet in Westleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4827).
glosses: A suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.
glosses: An uncommon surname.
Bordon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of the place name Old English Barden (“barley valley”), from bere + dun (“hill, valley”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Whitehill parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7935).
Basingstoke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪzɪŋ(ɡ)stəʊk/
Senses: examples: text: I’m not surprised that Rudd seizes on my accent – his parents were British Jews from Edgware and Surbiton, and while Rudd was born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in the US, he was often in Britain as a kid to visit relatives in London’s less glamorous suburbs and Basingstoke.
ref: 2015 July 9, Hadley Freeman, “Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood’s go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A town in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England.
Derived terms: Basingstoke and Deane
Fordingbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)dɪŋˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology: See ford, bridge. First recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name Forde.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1414).
Ringwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ringwoods
Etymology: Probably from Old English rimuc (“boundary”) + wudu (“wood”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A town and civil parish with a town council in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1505).
glosses: A placename:
A rural locality in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Major County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: ringwoodite
Tadley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ædli
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Tada + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6061).
Swanwick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɒnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4053).
glosses: A village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5109).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Perry County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Lower Swanwick
Bursledon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)zəldən/
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4809).
Cathays
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1877).
safari suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safari suits
Senses: glosses: A suit, typically made of khaki cotton, and consisting of a long square-cut safari jacket and long or short trousers.
country pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A subgenre of country music that combines it with elements of pop music, produced and marketed to reach a wide audience; or a specific genre of country pop, especially the Nashville sound.
pentile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentiles
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions.
examples: Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Any one of the five groups.
Related terms: quartile
decile
percentile
pentile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentiles
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pantile (“type of roof tile”).
selfhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selfhoods
Etymology: From self + -hood.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
psychology
sciences
glosses: State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
examples: text: Indeed, while geography is neither a key dimension of identity nor its determinant, it is one of the most important categories through which nationhood can be explored and articulated. It both grounds a sense of national selfhood and gives it a framework through which a continuous shaping of identity can "take place."
ref: 2002, Amila Buturović, Stone speaker: medieval tombs, landscape, and Bosnian identity in the poetry of Mak Dizdar:
glosses: The fully developed self; one's personality, character.
glosses: The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.
Synonyms: word: beinghood
word: identity
word: individuality
word: ipseity
word: personality
word: personhood
word: personness
word: selfdom
word: selfhood
word: selfness
word: selfship
Related terms: word: selfdom
word: sentient
scalawag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scalawags
form: scallawag
form: scalliwag
form: scallywag
form: skalawag
Etymology: Of obscure origin, perhaps from the name of the Shetland village of Scalloway (from Old Norse Skálavágr), known for its dwarf ponies and dwarf cattle.
Senses: examples: text: Calvin: "I'm very very sorry that I took your precious flaaggg!" Hobbes: "Just don't do it any more, you scurvy scalawaaggg!"
ref: 1990 May 27, Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes:
glosses: A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard.
examples: text: “This ruckus never seems to end.” (Colin laughing) “He's very loud, and unlike us, he does not sleep during the day.” “Nor does he sleep during the night.” “When does he sleep?” “I don't think he does.” (glass breaks) “Never a dull moment with that scalawag.” “I'm pretty sure he must be part demon.” “Nonsense. He's all boy.”
ref: 2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (0:54 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):
glosses: A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal.
glosses: A scrawny cow.
examples: text: “And you, Hugh Elsing, I’m ashamed of you! What will your poor mother say? Drunk and out with a—a Yankee-loving Scallawag like Captain Butler![…]”
ref: 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 803:
glosses: Any white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the American Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen and the carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.
topics: government
law-enforcement
military
politics
war
glosses: rogue police; rogue military personnel
Derived terms: scally
scallie
employee handbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: employee handbooks
Senses: glosses: A book or manual given to an employee of a business or company that details its guidelines, expectations, and policies.
gasfitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gasfitters
Etymology: From gas + fitter.
Senses: glosses: A person who installs and services gas fixtures and appliances.
Related terms: gasman
gasfitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gasfittings
Etymology: From gas + fitting.
Senses: examples: text: A dispute afterwards arose as to certain articles in the house and grounds which the purchasers claimed as being of the nature of fixtures, and the purpose of the present suspension and interdict was to prevent Mr Mitchell-Innes from selling or removing “any of the grates, hearth and fireplace tiles, gasfittings, gas lustres and brackets, and picture rods, situated within the said mansion-house, or in any of the offices, conservatories, fernery, greenhouses, or lodges in connection therewith;[…]” &c.
ref: 1880 February 20, The Scottish Law Reporter: Containing Reports by G. R. Gillespie, B.A. (Editor), H. J. E. Fraser, M.A., David Dundas, B.A., J. H. Forbes, B.A., and J. D. Sym, M.A., Advocates, of Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, Court of Teinds, and House of Lords, volume XVII, Edinburgh: John Baxter & Son, […], page 438, column 2:
text: Some workers were employed in processing lumber, milling flour, canning salmon and oysters, and making optical goods, plumbing and gasfittings, women’s clothing, and bicycles.
ref: 1994, Quintard Taylor, The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle’s Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era (The Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series in Western History and Biography; 5), Seattle, Wash.; London: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 50:
text: As an alternative to repairing gasfittings and the replacing of gas mantles and electric light bulbs, he must be able to put glass in windows, prepare and hang papers on walls, and repair cane-bottom chairs.
ref: 2013, The Scout Association, Scout Tests and How to Pass Them, centenary edition, London: Michael O’Mara Books, →ISBN, page 122:
glosses: The installation and servicing of gas fixtures and appliances.
gee pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gee poles
Senses: glosses: a sturdy pole, lashed to the side of a sled, and used for steering and support
cordon bleu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French cordon bleu (“blue ribbon”). The blue ribbon was originally a French insignium indicating chivalry.
Senses: glosses: A skillful chef.
glosses: An award given to such chefs.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
coordinate_terms: cachopo
glosses: Thin slices of veal, ham and cheese breaded and sautéed; somewhat like a wiener schnitzel, or Viennese cutlet.
examples: text: A considerable number of species of birds build their nests in close proximity to, or even inside of, nests of aggressive, stinging insects—bees, wasps, and ants. Thus, in eastern Africa, Loveridge (1922) found in the case of a little weaver, the cordon bleu, Uraeginthus angolensis (Linnaeus), that in 19 out of 20 instances the birds built their nests ...
ref: 2013, S. Mark Henry, Symbiosis: Associations of Invertebrates, Birds, Ruminants, and Other Biota, page 304:
text: Other Uraeginthus species are much more social; e.g., the Angolan blue waxbill (or blue-breasted cordon bleu, U. angolensis) tends to breed in a semi-colonial manner, with each pair occupying a clump of bushes (Skead, 1975; Goodwin, 1982).
ref: 2014, Agustín González, Fernando Martinez-Garcia, Luis Puelles, Hans J Ten Donkelaar, Adaptive Function and Brain Evolution, page 216:
glosses: Alternative form of cordon-bleu (“bird of the genus Uraeginthus”).
Derived terms: chicken cordon bleu
gemfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gemfishes
form: gemfish
Etymology: From gem + fish.
Senses: glosses: A bottom-dwelling fish of the family Gempylidae, inhabiting deep waters off southern Australia.
get in the way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets in the way
form: getting in the way
form: got in the way
form: got in the way
form: gotten in the way
Senses: examples: text: Ideology constantly gets in the way. For the Government, unions are militant "Trots" out to cause political trouble. For the unions, the private sector is a grasping, evil leech. Neither is true.
ref: 2022 August 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail strikes deadlock”, in RAIL, number 964, page 3:
glosses: to obstruct, hinder, or interfere
gimpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪmpi
Forms: form: gimpier
form: gimpiest
Etymology: From gimp + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Presently Gimpy, who limped, as his name indicated, spoke up.
ref: 1899, Jacob A. Riis, “The Kid Hangs Up His Stocking”, in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, LIX:2, page 175:
text: Gimpy Bill" is a cripple who sold lead-pencils in Market Street. His legs have been cut off almost to the hips, and he gets around on two little platforms,
ref: 1906, “The Eathquake and After”, in Current Literature, LX:6, page 576:
text: "Old guy downstairs, with long hair and a gimpy leg, handed me this yere and gimme fi' cents to fetch it up here to you," stated the messenger.
ref: 1917, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Those Times and These, page 186:
glosses: limping, lame, with crippled legs.
examples: text: One of the kittens has a gimpy eye.
glosses: exhibiting deficiencies associated with the derogatory term "gimp", such as might inspire discomfort or revulsion
Synonyms: sense: exhibiting deficiencies
word: freakish
Derived terms: gimpily
gimpiness
Related terms: gimp
goalbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From goal + -bound.
Senses: examples: text: Liverpool did have one moment of danger in the first half when Chelsea failed to clear Glen Johnson's cross and Branislav Ivanovic blocked Craig Bellamy's goalbound shot.
ref: 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Likely to enter the goal, but for the intervention of defenders and the goalkeeper.
gold rush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊldˌɹʌʃ/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊldˌɹʌʃ/
Forms: form: gold rushes
form: goldrush
form: gold-rush
Etymology: From gold + rush. First use appears c. 1848 in the Oregon Spectator.
Senses: examples: text: Here Grey Beaver stopped. A whisper of the gold-rush had reached his ears, and he had come with several bales of furs, and another of gut-sewn mittens and moccasins. He would not have ventured so long a trip had he not expected generous profits.
ref: 1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter I, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 4 (The Superior Gods):
synonyms: gold fever
glosses: Any period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered.
examples: text: That’s because I’ve decided to enter the freewheeling world of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, the newest frontier in the cryptocurrency gold rush.
ref: 2021 March 24, Kevin Roose, “Buy This Column on the Blockchain!”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A feverish obsession with seeking profits, especially in new markets.
examples: text: The Gold Rush is one of my favorite cocktails, invented at Sasha Petraske's famed Milk & Honey bar and now served all over the world. Basically a cold toddy, it's a shaken drink with bourbon, fresh lemon, and honey.
ref: 2021, Elva Ramirez, Zero Proof: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Mindful Drinking, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 94:
glosses: A cocktail made from bourbon, honey, and lemon juice.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The urge to win gold medals, as in the Olympic Games.
Related terms: gold bug
gold mine
goldminer
49er
forty-niner
go steady
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes steady
form: going steady
form: went steady
form: gone steady
Senses: glosses: To date one person regularly and exclusively.
going steady
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go steady
granuloma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈləʊ̯.mə/
ipa: /ˌɡɹæn.jʊˈləʊ̯.mə/
ipa: /ˌɡɹæ.nuˈləʊ̯.mə/
ipa: /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈloʊ̯.mə/
ipa: /ˌɡɹæn.juˈloʊ̯.mə/
ipa: /ˌɡɹæ.nuˈloʊ̯.mə/
rhymes: -əʊmə
Forms: form: granulomas
form: granulomata
Etymology: From granule + -oma. Among the many words derived from -oma that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a neoplasm; another is hematoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
qualifier: strictly
glosses: An inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious organisms as well as other materials such as foreign objects, keratin and suture fragments.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any small nodule.
Derived terms: actinogranuloma
antigranuloma
fibrogranuloma
granuloma annulare
granuloma fungoides
granuloma genitoinguinale
granuloma inguinale
granuloma inguinale tropicum
granuloma venereum
granuloma venereum genitoinguinale
lick granuloma
lipogranuloma
microgranuloma
necrogranuloma
pyogranuloma
ulcerating granuloma of the pudendum
ulcerating sclerosing granuloma
xanthogranuloma
green prawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green prawns
Senses: glosses: A raw prawn (not green in colour)
greyboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grayboard
Etymology: From grey + board.
Senses: glosses: Thick grey paper used either as packaging or for artwork.
grubstaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grubstake