DOVER, STRAIT OF

Meaning of DOVER, STRAIT OF in English

Variant: or F Pas de Ca · lais

Pronunciation: ˌ päd-kä- ' l ā

Function: geographical name

channel bet. SE England & N France, easternmost section of English Channel; 20 mi (32 km ) wide at narrowest point

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DOVER, STRAIT OF — or French Pas de Calais geographical name channel between SE England & N France, easternmost section of English Channel; 20 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOVER, STRAIT OF — French Pas de Calais ancient Fretum Gallicum. Channel separating southeastern England from northwestern France. Connecting the English Channel with the …
Английский словарь Британика
DOVER, STRAIT OF — or French Pas de Ca·lais ˌpäd-kä-ˈlā channel between SE England & N France, easternmost section of English Channel; 20 miles …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOVER, STRAIT OF — French Pas De Calais, Latin Gallicum Fretum, a narrow water passage separating England (northwest) from France (southeast) and connecting the …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOVER, STRAIT OF — French Pas de Calais ancient Fretum Gallicum. Channel separating southeastern England from northwestern France. Connecting the English Channel with the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DOVER — County: Kent Post Code: CT16
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
STRAIT — a. strett; n. strette; desfacilitá
English interlingue dictionary
STRAIT — hiktin
English-Visayan vocabulary
DOVER — geographical name city central Delaware, its capital population 32,135, city SE New Hampshire population 26,884, port SE England in Kent …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRAIT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bass Strait Canso Strait of Chatham Strait Cook Strait Davis Strait Dover Strait of …
Английский словарь Британика
DOVER — I City (pop., 2000: 32,135), capital of Delaware, U.S., on the St. Jones River. Laid out in 1717 as the …
Английский словарь Британика
STRAIT — I. ˈstrāt, usu -ād.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English streit, strait, straight, from Old French estreit, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOVER — I. ˈdōvər intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: freq. of (assumed) English dialect (16th century Scots) dove to be stupid, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAIT — ( a. ) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIT — — straitly , adv. — straitness , n. /strayt/ , n. 1. Often, straits . ( used with a sing. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOVER — /doh"veuhr/ , n. 1. a seaport in E Kent, in SE England: point nearest the coast of France. 101,700. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOVER — n. seaside city in England; capital of Delaware (USA)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAIT — I. ˈstrāt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estreit, from Latin strictus strait, strict, from past participle of stringere Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOVER — geographical name 1. city central Delaware, its capital population 32,135 2. city SE New Hampshire population 26,884 3. port SE …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIT — adj a variant of straight. 2. strait ·superl narrow; not broad. 3. strait ·adv strictly; rigorously. 4. strait ·adj a …
Webster English vocab
STRAIT — [strait] adj [ME, fr. OF estreit, fr. L strictus strait, strict, fr. pp. of stringere] (13c) 1 archaic: strict, rigorous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOVER — district, eastern part of the administrative and historic county of Kent, England, on the Strait of Dover. The history and …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRAIT — strait BrE AmE streɪt ▷ straits streɪts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOVER — Dover BrE AmE ˈdəʊv ə AmE \ ˈdoʊv ə r ▶ ˌ Dover ˈ sole BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STRAIT — / streɪt; NAmE / noun 1. [ pl. ] (also straits ) (especially in the names of places) a narrow …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT — strait /streɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: strait 'narrow' (13-20 centuries) , from Old French estreit …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOVER — Do ‧ ver /ˈdəʊvəʳ/ BrE AmE a port in southeast England, from which ships go across the English Channel to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIT — n. & adj. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRAIT — n. & adj. --n. 1. (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies …
Oxford English vocab
STRAIT — ( straits) 1. You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE desperate ▪ Without papal assistance, crown finances would have been in even more desperate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRAIT — [noun] [C usually plural] - a narrow area of sea which connects two larger areas of seaThe Straits of GibraltarThe …
Cambridge English vocab
STRAIT — n. Bass Strait Belle Isle Strait of Canso Strait of Chatham Strait Cook Strait Davis Strait Dover Strait of Euripus …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DOVER — n. ancient Dubris Portus Town (pop., 1995 est.: 34,000) and seaport on the Strait of Dover , Dover district, administrative …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DOVER — n. City (pop., 2000: 32,135), capital of Delaware, U.S., on the St. Jones River. Laid out in 1717 as the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DOVER — Classification: City Located in: Tennessee (TN) Total Population (2000): 1442 Total Housing Units (2000): 656 Land Area (square meters): 9831852 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: Borough Located in: Pennsylvania (PA) Total Population (2000): 1815 Total Housing Units (2000): 790 Land Area (square meters): 1297275 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: Town Located in: Oklahoma (OK) Total Population (2000): 367 Total Housing Units (2000): 151 Land Area (square meters): 800411 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: City Located in: Ohio (OH) Total Population (2000): 12210 Total Housing Units (2000): 5233 Land Area (square meters): 13633093 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: Town Located in: North Carolina (NC) Total Population (2000): 443 Total Housing Units (2000): 214 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: Town Located in: New Jersey (NJ) Total Population (2000): 18188 Total Housing Units (2000): 5568 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: City Located in: New Hampshire (NH) Total Population (2000): 26884 Total Housing Units (2000): 11924 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: Town Located in: Missouri (MO) Total Population (2000): 108 Total Housing Units (2000): 64 Land Area (square meters): 497377 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: City Located in: Minnesota (MN) Total Population (2000): 438 Total Housing Units (2000): 174 Land Area (square meters): 2763875 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: CDP (census designated place) Located in: Massachusetts (MA) Total Population (2000): 2216 Total Housing Units (2000): 760 Land Area …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: City Located in: Kentucky (KY) Total Population (2000): 316 Total Housing Units (2000): 124 Land Area (square meters): 1277292 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: Village Located in: Illinois (IL) Total Population (2000): 172 Total Housing Units (2000): 68 Land Area (square meters): 694292 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: City Located in: Idaho (ID) Total Population (2000): 342 Total Housing Units (2000): 157 Land Area (square meters): 3465509 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: CDP (census designated place) Located in: Florida (FL) Total Population (2000): 2798 Total Housing Units (2000): 842 Land Area …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: City Located in: Delaware (DE) Total Population (2000): 32135 Total Housing Units (2000): 13195 Land Area (square meters): 57999768 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
DOVER — Classification: City Located in: Arkansas (AR) Total Population (2000): 1329 Total Housing Units (2000): 579 Land Area (square meters): 4698098 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
STRAIT — noun 1 narrow piece of water connecting seas, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ narrow VERB + STRAIT ▪ go through , pass …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STRAIT — n. 25B6; noun a strait about six miles wide : CHANNEL, sound, inlet, stretch of water. the company is in …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOVER — a port in Kent , south-east England, and the nearest English town to France. The part of the Channel between …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
STRAIT — laced adj. priggish, prim, conservative, old-fashioned, Victorian, old-maidish, proper, prudish, puritanical, moralistic, strict, narrow-minded, (over-)scrupulous, fussy, Colloq pernickety or US …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда in desperate strait ≈ в отчаянном положении …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIT — strait.ogg _I 1. streıt n 1. обыкн. pl (узкий) пролив the Strait of Magellan - Магелланов пролив the Straits of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOVER — n геогр. 1. г. Дувр ( Великобритания ) Strait of Dover - Дуврский пролив; см. Pas de Calais 2. г. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STRAIT — I 1. [streıt] n 1. обыкн. pl (узкий) пролив the Strait of Magellan - Магелланов пролив the Straits of Dover …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
STRAIT — _I 1. streıt n 1. обыкн. pl (узкий) пролив the Strait of Magellan - Магелланов пролив the Straits of Dover …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOVER — n геогр. 1. г. Дувр ( Великобритания ) Strait of Dover - Дуврский пролив; см. Pas de Calais 2. г. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив the Straits of Gibraltar — Гибралтарский пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив the Straits of Gibraltar — Гибралтарский пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда in desperate strait — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STRAIT — - pelvic strait
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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