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Meaning of tay | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/teɪ/

Definitions

  1. The longest river in Scotland, United Kingdom, originating on the slopes of Ben Lui and flowing eastwards through the city of Perth before becoming an estuary, the Firth of Tay.
  2. A surname.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A diminutive of the unisex given name Taylor.
    countable, uncountable
  4. Tea.
    dialectal, obsolete
  5. A river in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, a left tributary of the Rideau.
  6. A township in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Equivalents

Français tày

Examples

“"[T]hen the Tulip, - ah! didn't the Tulip die hard, - he fout hard for it, even after he had a hole in his head as big as a tay cup."”
“"There's your tay set for you an' drawin' nicely this minute, Miss Ethel," called old Bridget from the hall.”
“A Metro-Cammell diesel multiple-unit from Dundee approaches Perth on the single-line bridge over the Tay in July, 1961.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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