Meaning of FIRTH
| Pronunciation: | | furth
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- [n] a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
- [n] English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
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| | Synonyms: | | J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth |
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| | See Also: | | estuary, Firth of Forth, linguist, linguistic scientist, Solway Firth | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Firth\, n. [Scot. See {Frith}.] (geog.)
An arm of the sea; a frith.
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| | Related Terms: | | arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, cove, creek, estuary, euripus, fjord, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, reach, road, roads, roadstead, sound, strait, straits |
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