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FIORD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
Synonyms:
fiord; fjord
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("fiord" is a kind of...):
inlet; recess (an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands))
Instance hyponyms:
Trondheim Fiord; Trondheim Fjord (a long narrow inlet of the Norwegian Sea)