Doire — meaning in English

English meaning

• Derry noun A feeling of dislike toward someone or something (chiefly in the phrase "have a derry on").
• oakwood noun A wood or forest made up mainly of oak trees.
• thicket noun A dense patch of bushes, shrubs, or small trees.

Senses

Doire is used for these senses in English:

• Derry A city in northwestern Northern Ireland; also known as Londonderry.
• Derry One of the traditional counties in northwestern Northern Ireland; known as County Derry, or officially as County Londonderry.
• oakwood (countable) A wood populated with oak trees.
• thicket A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.

Derry — full definition

1. noun A feeling of dislike toward someone or something (chiefly in the phrase "have a derry on").
2. interjection A nonsense refrain sung as filler in old folk songs, with no literal meaning.

oakwood — full definition

1. noun A wood or forest made up mainly of oak trees.
2. noun Timber cut from oak trees.

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