Fiord

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fiord \Fiord\ (fy?rd; i or y consonant, [sect] 272), n. [Dan. &
     Norw. fiord. See {Frith}.]
     A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or
     rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska. [Written also
     {fjord}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fiord
       n : a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common
           in Norway [syn: {fjord}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "fiord":
     arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, cove, creek, estuary,
     euripus, fjord, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, mouth,
     narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, reach, road, roads,
     roadstead, sound, strait, straits