Chelsea

[ chel-see ]

/ ˈtʃɛl si /

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noun

a former borough in Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea; many residences of artists and writers.

a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

a female given name.

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Words nearby Chelsea

Chelmsford, cheloid, chelone, chelonian, chelp, Chelsea, Chelsea bun, Chelsea tractor, Cheltenham, Chelyabinsk, Chelyuskin

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How to use Chelsea in a sentence

Atlético had six shots but zero shots on target against Chelsea, only the second time the team had zero shots on target in a game this season in all competitions.
This Champions League Round Has Not Been Kind To Barcelona|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|February 25, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Chelsea’s manager was let go after just a year and a half on the job.
Will A New Manager Matter For Chelsea?|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|January 29, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Manchester United head into the weekend in first, but six teams are within six points and Chelsea isn’t even one of them.
The Premier League Race Is Tight. Which Teams Really Have A Chance?|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|January 15, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Not terrible — it’s tied with Chelsea for seventh-best in the league — but not Pep Guardiola’s Man City great, either.
Liverpool And Manchester City Look Ordinary. Are They?|Terrence Doyle|November 12, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

Let’s start with the Champions League race, where Chelsea has an 89 percent chance to make it into the Top 4, according to FiveThirtyEight’s model.
What To Watch For On The English Premier League’s Final Match Day|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|July 24, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Chelsea Handler made political statements with hers on Instagram.
Year of the Butt: How the Booty Changed the World in 2014|Kevin Fallon|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Keith Green finds Ramone at the Chelsea, trying to kick heroin for good.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The service, at which royal friend Ellie Goulding performed, was also in Chelsea.
Prince Harry’s Big Boozy Week|Tom Sykes|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Years ago he was renting a room inside a building in Chelsea; he was forced out when the building was sold.
This Fashion World Darling Is Homeless|Erica Wagner|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It began at 1st and Main,” recalled USC student Chelsea Kirk.
Dispatch From USC Protests over Ferguson|Maya Richard Craven|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There lay his bit of Chelsea on the floor—upset, smashed, not picked up!
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
The household at Chelsea was never closer drawn together than in those times of trial.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII|John Lord
Two wagons, sent out to them with supplies, were waylaid and captured by Payson, the minister of Chelsea.
Revolutionary Reader|Sophie Lee Foster
The end to this turbulent life came at Chelsea, then a riverside village, whither she had gone for a change of air.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge
It is a very old dilapidated house, by the side of a little stream that runs into the Thames somewhere by Old Chelsea.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Chelsea

Chelsea

/ (ˈtʃɛlsɪ) /

noun

a residential district of SW London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: site of the Chelsea Royal Hospital for old and invalid soldiers (Chelsea Pensioners)

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