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Thames

[ temz theymz, teymz, temz ]

noun

  1. a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
  2. a river in SE Canada, in Ontario province, flowing SW to Lake St. Clair. 160 miles (260 km) long.
  3. an estuary in SE Connecticut, flowing S past New London to Long Island Sound. 15 miles (24 km) long.


Thames

noun

  1. tɛmz a river in S England, rising in the Cotswolds in several headstreams and flowing generally east through London to the North Sea by a large estuary. Length: 346 km (215 miles) Ancient nameTamesisˈtæməsɪs
  2. teɪmzθeɪmz a river in SE Canada, in Ontario, flowing south to London, then southwest to Lake St Clair. Length: 217 km (135 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


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Example Sentences

Watermen like Taylor, who ran a river taxi service across the Thames, saw their livelihoods collapse.

I know much more about eel pie now that Mel took us to that old eel shop on the Thames.

From Eater

In the winter of 1678-79, the bodies of three young boys wash up along a Thames tributary in London.

The Singapore-on-Thames reverie fired up the imaginations of many Brexiteers in government.

From Quartz

In 1982, Hockney traveled to China on a trip organized by his editor at Thames & Hudson, Nikos Stangos.

Cameron is the 19th British prime minister to have attended the elite boarding school on the banks of the River Thames.

He was a performing arts student at South Thames College, where he played the lead in Othello in 2010.

When they moved back to London, the only accommodation they could afford was a freezing, leaky barge on the Thames.

The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History by James Hall is published by Thames Hudson.

Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.

From Kingston-on-Thames, the perfectly kept road closely follows the river.

The merchant ships went forth without fear from the Thames and the Avon.

"I hardly know," was the novelist's reply, as in a navy serge suit he leaned near the window which overlooked the Thames.

The earliest Roman London must have been a comparatively small place, with a fort to command the passage of the Thames.

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