yate

British

/ jeɪt /

noun

any of several small eucalyptus trees, esp Eucalyptus cornuta, yielding a very hard timber

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Etymology

Origin of yate

from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

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Banksy is believed to have been born in the nearby town of Yate, which was then in Gloucestershire, in the early 1970s.

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Mr Baker, from Yate, South Gloucestershire, said: "All I can say is, it is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me because I know if I hadn't had that, I would not be on this planet to this day."

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Emergency services were called to the property on Lancaster Road in Yate, near Bristol, at 06:53 BST, where a blaze had engulfed the property.

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"We were called at 06:53 BST this morning to reports of a gas explosion in a residential home on Lancaster Road, Yate," it added in a statement.

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Reagan, 28, from Yate, near Bristol, gave birth to Alessi in September 2020 and following complications during delivery, her baby was brain-damaged and is unable to walk, talk, swallow, or even cry.

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