Humber meaning

hŭm'bər
An estuary of the Trent and Ouse Rivers in northeast-central England. It is navigable for large vessels as far inland as Hull.
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Estuary in NE England, formed by the Ouse & Trent rivers: c. 40 mi (64 km) long.
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A large tidal estuary forming part of the boundary between northern and southern England.
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A river in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Sentence Examples

  • above Grimsby on the Humber.

  • Grimsby was an important seaport, but the haven became obstructed by sand and mud deposited by the Humber, and so the access of large vessels was prevented.

  • Those of the north-west belong to the Mersey, and those of the north-east to the Don, but all the others to the Trent, which, like the Don, falls into the Humber.

  • The chief industrial establishments are iron foundries, railway and motor engineering works, breweries, flour-mills, tanneries and manufactories of confectionery, artificial manure, &c. There is water communication by the Ouse with the Humber, and by the Foss Navigation to the N.E.

  • This reduces the width of the Humber mouth to 51 m.

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