fiord

3 definitions found

fiord - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

fiord - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fiord
      n 1: a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common
           in Norway [syn: fjord, fiord]

fiord - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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