Downs

¹

/ daʊnz /

noun

1. any of various ranges of low chalk hills in S England, esp the South Downs in Sussex

2. a roadstead off the SE coast of Kent, protected by the Goodwin Sands

downs

²

/ daʊnz /

plural noun

1. Also called: downland. rolling upland, esp in the chalk areas of S Britain, characterized by lack of trees and used mainly as pasture

2. a flat grassy area, not necessarily of uplands