ord.

abbreviation for

1. order.
2. ordinal.
3. ordinance.
4. ordinary.
5. ordnance.

Ord

/ ɔːd /

noun

1. a river in NE Western Australia, rising on the Kimberley Plateau and flowing generally north to the Timor Sea: subject of a major irrigation scheme. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)

Example Sentences

We found the banks of the Ord very thickly populated, and frequently camped at night with different parties of natives.

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"That will be in early summer," George Ord said, his black eyes thoughtful.

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And there was no one, with the exception of George Ord, who had studied as many textbooks as he had.

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I was sitting on my tarpaulins writing, and feeling rather grateful for the "softness" of my job, when a shout of "Ord'ly!"

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In the Ord kangaroo rat, the bulk of the liver lies on the right side of the body cavity.

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