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dory

do·ry
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dawr-ee, dohr-ee]
    • /ˈdɔr i, ˈdoʊr i/
    • /ˈdɔː.ri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dawr-ee, dohr-ee]
    • /ˈdɔr i, ˈdoʊr i/

Definitions of dory word

  • noun plural dory a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides. 1
  • noun plural dory John Dory. 1
  • noun dory A narrow deep-bodied fish with a mouth that can be opened very wide. 1
  • noun dory fish: John Dory 1
  • noun dory small, flat-bottomed boat 1
  • noun dory any spiny-finned marine teleost food fish of the family Zeidae, esp the John Dory, having a deep compressed body 0

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Origin of dory

First appearance:

before 1700
One of the 50% oldest English words
1700-10, Americanism; alleged to be < Miskito dóri, dúri (if this word is itself not < E)

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Parts of speech for Dory

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dory popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

dory usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for dory

noun dory

  • raft — a great quantity; a lot: a raft of trouble.
  • ark — In the Bible, the ark was a large boat which Noah built in order to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the Flood.
  • scow — any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes with or without means of propulsion, as barges, punts, rowboats, or sailboats.
  • lighter — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
  • flatboat — a large, flat-bottomed boat for use in shallow water, especially on rivers.

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