0%

canterbury

can·ter·bur·y
C c

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kan-ter-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
    • /ˈkæn tərˌbɛr i, -bə ri/
    • /ˈkæntəbərɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kan-ter-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
    • /ˈkæn tərˌbɛr i, -bə ri/

Definitions of canterbury word

  • noun canterbury a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters 3
  • noun canterbury a similar 19th-century stand used for holding sheet music, music books, or magazines 3
  • noun canterbury a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001) 3
  • noun canterbury a regional council area of New Zealand, on E central South Island on Canterbury Bight: mountainous with coastal lowlands; agricultural. Chief town: Christchurch. Pop: 520 500 (2004 est). Area: 43 371 sq km (16 742 sq miles) 3
  • noun canterbury city in Kent, SE England; seat of the primate of the Church of England; county district pop. 124,000 3
  • noun plural canterbury a stand having sections for holding magazines, sheet music, or loose papers. 1
See all 10 definitions of canterbury

Information block about the term

Origin of canterbury

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
1840-50; after Canterbury, England

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Canterbury

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Canterbury

canterbury popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

canterbury usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Top questions with canterbury

  • who wrote the canterbury tales?
  • who is the author of the canterbury tales?
  • why are the pilgrims going to canterbury?
  • who wrote canterbury tales?
  • when was canterbury tales written?
  • when were the canterbury tales written?
  • where is canterbury?
  • when was the canterbury tales written?
  • what is the premise of the canterbury tales?
  • what is the structure of the canterbury tales?
  • what is the canterbury tales about?
  • what are the canterbury tales?
  • the canterbury tales was written in which language?
  • who was the first archbishop of canterbury?
  • how many stories are in the canterbury tales?

Related words

  • canter

    When a horse canters, it moves at a speed that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.

  • ramsey

    Arthur Michael (Baron Ramsey of Canterbury) 1904–1988, English clergyman and scholar: archbishop of Canterbury 1961–74.

  • augustine

    Saint. 354–430 ad, one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28

  • bellflower family

    the plant family Campanulaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers with a bell-shaped, five-lobed, often blue or purple corolla, and including the harebell, Canterbury bells, and balloon flower.

  • cant

    a salient angle.

  • canterbury bells

    a cultivated bellflower (Campanula medium) with white, pink, or blue cuplike flowers
All related words to canterbury

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?