Plymouth

[plim-uhth]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Devonshire, in SW England, on the English Channel: naval base; the departing point of the Mayflower 1620.

2. a city in SE Massachusetts: the oldest town in New England, founded by the Pilgrims 1620.

3. a town in SE Minnesota.

4. a town in NW Connecticut.

5. a town in and the capital of Montserrat, West Indies.

Plymouth

/ ˈplɪməθ /

noun

1. a port in SW England, in Plymouth unitary authority, SW Devon, on Plymouth Sound (an inlet of the English Channel): Britain's chief port in Elizabethan times; the last port visited by the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower before sailing to America; naval base; university (1992). Pop: 243 795 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in SW England, in Devon. Pop: 241 500 (2003 est). Area: 76 sq km (30 sq miles)

3. a city in SE Massachusetts, on Plymouth Bay: the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers. Pop: 54 109 (2003 est)

4. the former capital of Montserrat, in the Caribbean; largely destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1997

Example Sentences

Sixteen are stored in Plymouth dockyard, but there is no plan for them to be scrapped there, so if the pilot is successful, that work is likely to be carried out in Fife.

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"Climate change, disturbance to ocean layers and extreme weather are all threats," explains co-author Prof Angus Atkinson from Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

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In Plymouth and Looe, properties were flooded, and fire crews in Devon were called to 15 incidents overnight.

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And at Plymouth, we were doing OK for what we had and then the decision was made.

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They are in with the big boys again now, though, and while it is one thing keeping the likes of Plymouth and Oxford out, doing the same at this level is a completely different proposition.

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