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AVON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A county in southwestern England
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)
Holonyms ("Avon" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
Synonyms:
Avon; River Avon; Upper Avon; Upper Avon River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Avon" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
Synonyms:
Avon; River Avon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Avon" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Context examples:
I stayed with the unfortunate Lord Avon.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Archers from the New Forest and the Forest of Bere, billmen from the pleasant country which is watered by the Stour, the Avon, and the Itchen, young cavaliers from the ancient Hampshire houses, all were pushing for Christchurch to take service under the banner of the five scarlet roses.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We had played for two days, the four of us: Lord Avon, his brother Captain Barrington, Sir Lothian Hume, and myself.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Christchurch townsfolk stood huddled about the Bridge of Avon, the women pulling tight their shawls and the men swathing themselves in their gaberdines, while down the winding path from the castle came the van of the little army, their feet clanging on the hard, frozen road.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was Lord Avon walking towards me.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Alleyne followed the messenger to the east end of the courtyard, where a broad flight of steps led up to the doorway of the main hall, the outer wall of which is washed by the waters of the Avon.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In those days poor Avon and I were his principal backers.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sixty or seventy of them, large and small, smooth and shaggy—deer-hound, boar-hound, blood-hound, wolf-hound, mastiff, alaun, talbot, lurcher, terrier, spaniel—snapping, yelling and whining, with score of lolling tongues and waving tails, came surging down the narrow lane which leads from the Twynham kennels to the bank of Avon.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If poor Avon were here we might do something with him, for he was Harrison’s first patron, and the man was devoted to him.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is a sad sight to see this very fine pass, which my own Company here could hold against an army, and yet to ride through it with as little profit as though it were the lane from my kennels to the Avon.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
