delft

See also: Delft

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [dɛɫft]
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Etymology 1

After the Dutch city of Delft.

Noun

delft (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of Delft (“style of earthenware”).

Etymology 2

Noun

delft (plural delfts)

  1. A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
    • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
      The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could […] keep them dry.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlft

Verb

delft

  1. inflection of delven:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative
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