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Tay

[ tey ]

noun

  1. a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
  2. Firth of, an estuary of the North Sea, off the coast of central Scotland. 25 miles (40 km) long.


Tay

1

/ teɪ /

noun

  1. Firth of Tay
    the estuary of the River Tay on the North Sea coast of Scotland. Length: 40 km (25 miles)
  2. a river in central Scotland, flowing northeast through Loch Tay, then southeast to the Firth of Tay: the longest river in Scotland; noted for salmon fishing. Length: 193 km (120 miles)
  3. Loch Tay
    a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


tay

2

/ teɪ /

noun

  1. an Irish dialect word for tea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The original design was for a stiffened suspension bridge, but after the fall of the Tay bridge in 1879 this was abandoned.

God avnin' to ye; I came in to ask if I might borrow the loan o' a bit o' tay, not havin' a leaf of it left.

Mother darlint must have two pounds of the best tay, and a new red woollen petticoat.

Its full name means "the fort on the water," just as Dundee (from Dun-tatha) probably meant "the fort on the Tay."

But a new forest has grown up within a century, to shade once more the waters of the Tay.

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