CONISTON WATER

Meaning of CONISTON WATER in English

a long, narrow lake in the English Lake District , famous as the place where Malcolm Campbell and Donald Campbell achieved the highest speeds on water in their boat Bluebird . At the northern end of the lake there is a mountain called Coniston Old Man.

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CONISTON — County: E Riding of Yorkshire Post Code: HU11
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WATER — I Inorganic compound composed of hydrogen and oxygen (H 2 O), existing in liquid , gas ( steam , water …
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WATER — I. ˈwȯ]d.ə(r), ˈwä], ]tə(r)\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to …
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WATER — — waterer , n. — waterless , adj. — waterlessly , adv. — waterlessness , n. — waterlike , adj. …
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WATER — I. ˈwȯ-tər, ˈwä- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar …
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WATER — vi to get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water. 2. water ·noun any liquid …
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WATER — a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states. Water is …
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WATER — water BrE AmE ˈwɔːt ə AmE ˈwɔːt̬ ə r ˈwɑːt̬- ▷ water|ed d ▷ watering ˈwɔːt‿ ə r ɪŋ AmE …
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CONISTON — Coniston BrE AmE ˈkɒn ɪst ə n § -əst- AmE ˈkɑːn-
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WATER — I. wa ‧ ter 1 S1 W1 /ˈwɔːtə $ ˈwɒːtər, ˈwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: adjective : …
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WATER — n. & v. --n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H[2]O. 2 …
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WATER — n. & v. n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WATER — n. & v. --n. 1. a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Usage: Chem. formula: H2O …
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WATER — ( waters, watering, watered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Water is …
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WATER — [noun] [U] - a clear liquid, without colour or taste, which falls from the sky as rain and is necessary …
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WATER — INDEX: 1. water 2. when a lot of water covers a place that is usually dry 3. a continuous movement …
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WATER — 1) вода 2) объём воды; расход 3) минеральная вода 4) обводнять 5) увлажнять ( грунт ) 6) мочить; замачивать; смачивать …
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WATER — 1) вода 2) объём воды; расход 3) минеральная вода 4) обводнять 5) увлажнять (грунт) 6) мочить; замачивать; смачивать 7) разбавлять водой 8) водоём 9) мн. ч. паводок; разлив • to …
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WATER — 1) ватерный 2) вода 3) водный 4) водовозный 5) водоналивный 6) водоперепускный 7) водоподпорный 8) водопонижающий 9) водоприемный 10) водоуказательный 11) водоумягчающий 12) водоумягчительный 13) водяной 14) гидравлический 15) мочить 16) муарировать 17) смачивать 18) споить • boiler water …
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WATER — 1) вода 2) водоём 3) pl околоплодная жидкость, плодные воды • - aerial water - atmospheric water - attached water - available water - bidistilled water - bound water - …
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WATER — 1) вода 2) водоём 3) pl околоплодная жидкость, плодные воды • - aerial water - atmospheric water - attached water …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WATER — 1) вода; уровень воды 2) орошать; увлажнять; мочить; смачивать, поливать; поить 3) просачиваться, давать течь 4) разбавлять • to carry water away — отводить воду to …
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WATER — вода, воды || обводнять water alone — вода без добавок; чистая вода; gone to water — затопленный грунтовыми водами (о скважине); water in …
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WATER — 1) вода; влага 2) поливать водой; увлажнять, орошать - water contained in aggregates - water for making concrete - water …
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WATER — 1) вода 2) наливаться водой 3) набирать воду - back water - water bailiff - water ballast - water bear …
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CONISTON COLD — County: North Yorkshire Post Code: BD23
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RUSKIN, JOHN — born Feb. 8, 1819, London, Eng. died Jan. 20, 1900, Coniston, Lancashire English art critic. Born into a wealthy family, …
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LAKE DISTRICT — Mountainous region, administrative county of Cumbria, northwestern England. Roughly coextensive with Lake District National Park, the country's largest, it occupies …
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COLLINGWOOD, R(OBIN) G(EORGE) — born Feb. 22, 1889, Cartmel Fell, Lancashire, Eng. died Jan. 9, 1943, Coniston, Lancashire British historian and philosopher. A lecturer, …
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SOUTH LAKELAND — district, administrative county of Cumbria, northwestern England, in the southern part of the county, bordering the shallow Morecambe Bay of …
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RUSKIN, JOHN — born February 8, 1819, London, England died January 20, 1900, Coniston, Lancashire English critic of art, architecture, and society who …
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LAKE DISTRICT — famous scenic region and national park in the administrative county of Cumbria, England. It occupies portions of the historic counties …
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FURNESS — region, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Lancashire, England. Except for a narrow coastal plain, Furness is predominantly upland, …
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COLLINGWOOD, R(OBIN) G(EORGE) — born Feb. 22, 1889, Cartmel Fell, Lancashire, Eng. died Jan. 9, 1943, Coniston, Lancashire English historian and philosopher whose work …
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CAMPBELL, SIR MALCOLM — born March 11, 1885, Chislehurst, Kent [now in Greater London], Eng. died Dec. 31, 1948, Reigate, Surrey British automobile-racing driver …
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CAMPBELL, DONALD MALCOLM — born March 23, 1921, Horley, Surrey, Eng. died Jan. 4, 1967, Coniston Water, Lancashire British motorboat and automobile driver who …
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ASHGILL SERIES — also called Ashgillian Series, the uppermost (in ascending order) of six divisions constituting the Ordovician System, representing all those rocks …
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GRIZEDALE FOREST — Grizedale Forest BrE AmE a 9,500 acre forest between Lake ↑ Windermere and Coniston Water in the ↑ Lake District …
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SURROUNDINGS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES comfortable surroundings (= comfortable things around you ) ▪ Relax in the comfortable surroundings of …
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MINER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE gold ▪ Nelson, historic landmarks from the early days of the fur-trader, the gold …
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LEADING — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a leading brand ▪ a leading brand such as Toshiba a leading expert (= …
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FREQUENT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a common/widespread/frequent complaint ▪ A common complaint of children is that parents do not …
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DISCLOSE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES disclose/reveal/release details (= make secret information public ) ▪ The company has refused to reveal …
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RUSKIN, JOHN — born Feb. 8, 1819, London, Eng. died Jan. 20, 1900, Coniston, Lancashire English art critic. Born into a wealthy family, …
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LAKE DISTRICT — Mountainous region, administrative county of Cumbria, northwestern England. Roughly coextensive with Lake District National Park, the country's largest, it occupies …
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COLLINGWOOD, ROBIN GEORGE — born Feb. 22, 1889, Cartmel Fell, Lancashire, Eng. died Jan. 9, 1943, Coniston, Lancashire British historian and philosopher. A lecturer, …
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COLLINGWOOD, R G — born Feb. 22, 1889, Cartmel Fell, Lancashire, Eng. died Jan. 9, 1943, Coniston, Lancashire British historian and philosopher. A lecturer, …
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