| NOUN | person | Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth | English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960) |
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| object | firth | a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland) |
| Sounds | fer'th | |
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| Rhymes | berth ... worth / Worth: 17 rhymes with erth... | |
| Meaning | English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960). | |
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| Synonyms | J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth | |
| Instance of | linguist, linguistic scientist | A specialist in linguistics |
| Spanish | John Rupert Firth | |
| Meaning | A long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland). | |
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| Instances | Firth of Clyde | A firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel |
| Firth of Forth | A large firth on the east coast of Scotland and the estuary of the Forth River | |
| Moray Firth | An inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland | |
| Solway Firth | A large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland | |
| Region | Scotland | One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Broader | estuary | The wide part of a river where it nears the sea |
| Spanish | firth | |
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