Delf

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  • n. A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch
  • n. Alternative form of delftware. Delftware
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.
  • n. Same as delftware.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Anything made by delving or digging; a mine, quarry, pit, ditch, channel, etc.
  • n. A catch-water drain; in a sea-embankment, the drain on the landward side. Also improperly written delph.
  • n. A bed of coal or of ironstone.
  • n. In heraldry, a square supposed to represent a sod of turf used as a bearing. It is one of the so-called abatements of honor, and as such is modern and false heraldry. See abatement, 3.
  • n. Delftware. See ware.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an excavation; usually a quarry or mine
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    excavation   
    Variant
    delft    delve    delftware   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mine    quarry    ditch   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    delft    long-spouted    earthern    ice-cool    spelter    multiway    furmity    six-page    blue-glazed    sixty-five