Newcastle

[ noo-kas-uhl, -kah-suhl, nyoo- ]

noun

1. 1st Duke of. Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
2. Also called New·cas·tle-up·on-Tyne [noo, -kas-, uh, l-, uh, -pon-, tahyn, -, uh, -pawn-, -kah-s, uh, l-, nyoo, -]. a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, on the Tyne River: shipbuilding; major coal center.
3. a seaport in E New South Wales, in SE Australia.
4. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.

Newcastle

¹

/ ˈnjuːˌkɑːsəl /

noun

1. Newcastle, Duke of16931768MEnglishPOLITICS: prime minister Duke of, the title of Thomas Pelham Holles. 1693–1768, English Whig prime minister (1754–56; 1757–62): brother of Henry Pelham

Newcastle

²

/ ˈnjuːˌkɑːsəl /

noun

1. a port in SE Australia, in E New South Wales near the mouth of the Hunter River: important industrial centre, with extensive steel, metalworking, engineering, shipbuilding, and chemical industries. It suffered Australia's first recorded fatal earthquake, in 1989. Pop: 279 975 (2001)

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. carry coals to Newcastle,
   1. to take something to a place where its kind exists in great quantity.
   2. to do something wholly unnecessary.

More idioms and phrases containing Newcastle

see carry coals to Newcastle .

Example Sentences

In this Newcastle Brown Ale ad, gangly British comedian Stephen Merchant posits, ‘What if the Brits won the Revolutionary War?’

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Bars as far as Vancouver and Newcastle, in the U.K., also have sworn to stop serving Stoli.

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I've done a stage show up in Newcastle and the odd day of filming, dramatized documentaries.

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Hailed by some critics in Britain, where Graham is a professor at Newcastle University, it deserves more attention stateside.

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Sister Eugenie, 22, will lose her official guards when she finishes her degree at Newcastle University this year.

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Including Newcastle, there were then in the whole country, only six clubs and now they number one hundred and sixty-eight!

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Already, indeed, a body of Scots had occupied Tyndale, and were pushing down towards Newcastle.

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The hotels, however, are far from first-class, and one would probably be more comfortable at Newcastle.

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Such a traveller might profitably visit first the Museum at Newcastle, where many memorials are preserved.

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Before the close of the year, it found its way from Sunderland and Newcastle to the suburbs of the metropolis.

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