Telford
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Talford, Telfort
Etymology
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- (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Telford (countable and uncountable, plural Telfords)
- (countable) A surname.
- A new town in Telford and Wrekin borough and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, named after Thomas Telford.
Derived terms
- Telford and Wrekin
- Telfordian
Noun
Telford (uncountable)
- (attributive) A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.
- a Telford road
Coordinate terms
- asphalt
- asphalt concrete
- cobble
- cobblestone
- concrete
- gravel
- macadam
- tar
- tarmac
- tarmacadam
Derived terms
- Telfordization
- Telfordize