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stour
[ stoor ]
noun
- British Dialect.
- tumult; confusion.
- a storm.
- British Dialect. blowing dust or a deposit of dust.
- Archaic. armed combat; battle.
- British Dialect. a time of tumult.
stour
1/ ٲʊə; stuːr /
noun
- turmoil or conflict
- dust; a cloud of dust
Stour
2/ ٲʊə /
noun
- Also calledGreat Stour a river in S England, in Kent, rising in the Weald and flowing N to the North Sea: separates the Isle of Thanet from the mainland
- any of several smaller rivers in England
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stour1
Example Sentences
Spencer, from Newbold on Stour, pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to death by careless driving and three counts of causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving.
Manningtree beach in Essex, the River Cam at Sheep's Green in Cambridge and the River Stour at Sudbury in Suffolk are among 27 chosen in England.
Tests previously carried out at the River Stour, on the Essex/Suffolk border, near the Sudbury water treatment works showed "very high" levels of E. coli bacteria.
In Manningtree, where more than 100 people swim regularly in the tidal Stour estuary, some swimmers reported falling sick, before they decided to apply for bathing water status.
The 3,000-year-old fragment was discovered near Mistley, on the River Stour in Essex, and has been declared treasure by a coroner.
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