Downs

¹ British  

/ 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

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downs ² British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

The power generated at the United Downs site has been sold to Octopus Energy who will deliver it, via the national grid, to meet the electricity needs of up to 10,000 homes.

From BBC

“The future of China’s oil companies in Venezuela’s oil industry is up in the air,” said Erica Downs, a Chinese energy-policy specialist at Columbia University.

From The Wall Street Journal

One day, they rode to what is now known as the Tampa Bay Downs.

From The Wall Street Journal

American economist Anthony Downs called this “rational ignorance,” and it is made worse by complex laws and bureaucracy that few people fully understand.

From Salon

The show "resonates because it embodies our lives", Jim Downs wrote in the New York Times.

From BBC