English Explanatory Dictionary

downs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of down
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of down
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. The South Downs.
  2. A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
  3. Tothill Fields Bridewell, a prison located in the Westminster area of central London between 1618 and 1884.

Pronunciation

/daʊnz/

Word forms

downs the Downs

Derived words

Downs cell Downs process Hellings and Downs curve Hellings-Downs curve
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