Telford
English
Etymology
Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Telford
- A new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.
- (attributive) A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.
- a Telford road
Derived terms
- Telford and Wrekin
- Telfordian
- Telfordize
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