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doire — meaning in English

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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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