Meaning of Cornish | Babel Free
ˈkɔːnɪʃDefinitions
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The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born. collective, plural, plural-only
- The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.
- One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards.
- A place in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in York County, Maine.
- A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
- A township in Sibley County, Minnesota.
- A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
- A town in Cache County, Utah, at the border with Idaho.
- A habitational surname from Old English [in turn originating as an ethnonym], referring to someone from Cornwall.
Equivalents
Examples
“There is a movement to revive Cornish.”
“So the curve of Stonehenge, which is above 100 English feet, appears extraordinary large and well proportion'd, upon a height of 18 foot, which reaches to the top of the outer cornish; that of the inner cornishes is but 24 foot high, at a medium. For the cornishes of the inner part of Stonehenge, or that which Webb calls the cell, are not all of equal height, of which in proper place.”
“The four rooms in the length of this building have door places crown'd with double cornishes, as represented in the plate of that architecture, together with ornaments of the winged globe.”
“And all the way along the edges here we'll be putting in cornishes. They're under the scaffolding there in the corner, you can take a look. These are six-inch cornishes.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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