Krefeld

or Cre·feld

[ krey-feld; German krey-felt ]

noun
  1. a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany, NW of Cologne.

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How to use Krefeld in a sentence

  • Loss of honor at Crefeld; loss of Louisburg and Codfishery: these are serious blows our enemy has had.

  • Gathered from listening to his experiences that one might have been in much worse places than Crefeld.

    Servants of the Guns | Jeffery E. Jeffery
  • While waiting at Cologne station for our train for Crefeld, we were locked in a cell under the stairs of the station.

    13 Days | John Alan Lyde Caunter
  • Crefeld, a great centre of the silk industry, had suffered heavily by the entry of England into the war.

    13 Days | John Alan Lyde Caunter
  • The barracks of the Crefeld Hussars, now wired in and used as a prison camp, are large and strongly built.

    13 Days | John Alan Lyde Caunter

British Dictionary definitions for Krefeld

Krefeld

/ (ˈkreɪfɛld, German ˈkreːfɛlt) /


noun
  1. a city in Germany, in W North Rhine-Westphalia: textile industries. Pop: 238 565 (2003 est)

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