THETFORD MINES

Meaning of THETFORD MINES in English

/thet"feuhrd/

a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining. 19,965.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

THETFORD-MINES — city, Chaudire-Appalaches region, southern Quebec province, Canada. Originating after the discovery of asbestos deposits there in 1876, it was called …
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THETFORD — County: Norfolk Post Code: IP24
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THETFORD — town (parish), Breckland district, administrative and historic county of Norfolk, England. The town lies on the edge of Thetford Chase …
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THETFORD — Thetford BrE AmE ˈθet fəd AmE \ -f ə rd
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MINES — miens
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MINES — копи Источникы
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MINES — Рудники
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MINES — копи
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MINES — копи Источникы
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LITTLE THETFORD — County: Cambridgeshire Post Code: CB6
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RIOTINTO MINES — Spanish Minas De Riotinto, copper mines, located near the town of Nerva (formerly Riotinto), in Huelva provincia, in the autonomous …
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DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES, LTD. — world's largest producer and distributor of diamonds. De Beers is closely associated with the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, a …
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05075 — State: VERMONT City: THETFORD CENTER
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05043 — State: VERMONT City: EAST THETFORD
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PAINE, THOMAS — born Jan. 29, 1737, Thetford, Norfolk, Eng. died June 8, 1809, New York, N.Y., U.S. English-American writer and political pampleteer. …
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MINESWEEPER — Naval vessel used to clear submarine mines from an expanse of water. In naval warfare, they are used to clear …
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SLAVERY — condition in which one human being is owned by another. A slave was considered in law as property, or chattel, …
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SAFETY LAMP — lighting device used in places, such as mines, in which there is danger from the explosion of flammable gas or …
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MINING — process of extracting useful minerals from the surface of the Earth, including the seas. A mineral, with a few exceptions, …
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MINESWEEPER — naval vessel used to clear an area of mines (see mine). The earliest sweeping system, devised to clear anchored contact …
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ZAMBIA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a green field with an orange eagle and vertical stripes of red, black, and orange at …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1999: DISASTERS — Aviation January 13, Southwestern Pakistan. An Afghan cargo plane carrying 51 persons, including members of the Islamic Taliban militia, ran …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: NOBEL-PRIZES
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998 — Military Affairs Arms Control and Disarmament. U.S. and Russian nuclear disarmament was restrained by the continued reluctance of the Russian …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: MILITARY-AFFAIRS: SPECIAL REPORT — SPECIAL REPORT: Combating the Land Mine Scourge by Douglas L. Clarke U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher has called them …
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WILLIAMS, JODY — born Oct. 9, 1950 American activist who helped found the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and oversaw its worldwide efforts …
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WELLS, HENRY — born , Dec. 12, 1805, Thetford, Vt., U.S. died Dec. 10, 1878, Glasgow, Scot. pioneer American expressman, one of the …
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PAINE, THOMAS — born Jan. 29, 1737, Thetford, Norfolk, Eng. died June 8, 1809, New York, N.Y., U.S. Thomas Paine, detail of a …
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ORANGE — city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. It lies along the Santa Ana River. Part of Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, …
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NORFOLK — city, Madison county, northeastern Nebraska, U.S., on the north fork of the Elkhorn River. Settled in 1866 by German farmers …
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NATIONAL COAL BOARD — (NCB) British public corporation created on Jan. 1, 1947, which operates previously private coal mines, manufactures coke and smokeless fuels, …
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LAURIUM — Modern Greek Lvrion, industrial town of the noms (department) of Attica, on the Aegean Sea, famous in antiquity for its …
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JOHANNESBURG — city, Gauteng province, South Africa. It is the country's chief industrial and financial metropolis. One of the youngest of the …
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INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BAN LANDMINES — also called International Landmines Coalition, international organization established in 1992 to ban the production, delivery, stockpiling, and deployment of antipersonnel …
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HO-KANG — also called Hao-li, Pinyin Hegang or Haoli, city, Heilungkiang Province (sheng), China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shih). Hao-li (Ho-kang) …
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FU-SHUN — Pinyin Fushun, city in central Liaoning sheng (province), northeastern China. It is situated some 25 miles (40 km) east of …
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EDMUND — born 841/842 died Nov. 20, 870, ; feast day November 20 byname Saint Edmund The Martyr king of East Anglia …
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DOUGLAS, JAMES — born Nov. 4, 1837, Quebec died June 25, 1918, New York City Canadian-born U.S. mining engineer, industrialist, and philanthropist who …
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DOCUMENT: THEODORE ROOSEVELT — President Roosevelt was a conservationist by nature. An enthusiastic outdoorsman, he also recognized that the industrial transformation of the United …
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DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES — born July 1, 1961, Sandringham, Norfolk, Eng. died Aug. 31, 1997, Paris, France Diana, princess of Wales, 1993. original name …
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BRECKLAND — district, administrative and historic county of Norfolk, England, occupying much of west-central and south-central Norfolk. Landscape features include poor, sandy …
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URANIUM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE enriched ▪ Some 25 pounds of enriched uranium were apparently salvaged from Osirak. ▪ …
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TIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cake tin British English , a cake pan American English (= that you …
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PHONE
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PATH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a career path (= a way of making a career ) ▪ There’s no fixed …
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MINE — I. pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a friend of mine/yours/Bill’s etc ▪ A friend of mine is going to Tokyo …
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COASTAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coastal area ▪ The bird is found mainly in coastal areas. a coastal belt …
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COAL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coal/wood/log fire ▪ There was a coal fire in the sitting room. a rail/coal/postal …
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BELL
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BAN
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ANTI-PERSONNEL — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Although an immediate ban on all anti-personnel mines was endorsed by 15 retired generals, including …
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PAINE, THOMAS — born Jan. 29, 1737, Thetford, Norfolk, Eng. died June 8, 1809, New York, N.Y., U.S. English-American writer and political pampleteer. …
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TRANSLATION — translation сущ.1) перевод (с языка на язык, из одних единиц в другие и т.д.; from; into, to) authorized translation — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TRANSLATION — сущ. 1) перевод ( с языка на язык, из одних единиц в другие и т. д.; from; into, to ) …
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TRANSLATION — сущ. 1) перевод (с языка на язык, из одних единиц в другие и т. д.; from; into, to) authorized translation — авторизованный …
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