Library / English Dictionary

OUSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber

Synonyms:

Ouse; Ouse River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Ouse" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Credits

 Context examples: 

On my affording an opportunity, through the medium of the currency of the realm, of the allaying, at a later period, this beneficial evil, one of the men remarked:—That 'ere 'ouse, guv'nor, is the rummiest I ever was in.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)