MEANING
An inlet or estuary, especially on the coast of Scotland.
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- Scottish firth
- shore of a firth
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The village overlooked the firth.
Tidewater filled the broad firth.
Boats followed the shore of the firth.
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- firth
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular firth; plural firths. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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