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Telford en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old French taille fer, meaning "(he who) cuts iron" or "iron-cleaver"; used as a nickname for a man who could cleave clean through the armour of his foe. The second syllable was eventually reanalysed as native English 'ford'. * (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.

Meanings

  1. (attributive, uncountable) A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.
    • a Telford road

Forms

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Talford alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

tar · gravel · tarmacadam · cobblestone · cobble · macadam · asphalt concrete · tarmac · asphalt · concrete

Deriveds

Telfordize · Telfordization

wikipedia: Telford · wikipedia: en:Thomas Telford

Telford en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old French taille fer, meaning "(he who) cuts iron" or "iron-cleaver"; used as a nickname for a man who could cleave clean through the armour of his foe. The second syllable was eventually reanalysed as native English 'ford'. * (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A characteristical surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A new town in Telford and Wrekin borough and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, named after Thomas Telford (OS grid ref SJ7008).
  3. (countable, uncountable) A locality in the Shire of Moira, Victoria, Australia.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States: ▸ A borough in Bucks County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, named after Thomas Telford.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee, named after state senator George Whitfield Telford.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington, named after cattleman M. A Telford.

Forms

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Talford alternative lexicographic
Telfort alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Telfordian · Telford and Wrekin

wikipedia: Telford · wikipedia: en:Thomas Telford