LABRADOR

Labrador

(noun) the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

labrador (plural labradors)

A Labrador retriever.

Anagrams

• larboard

Etymology

Proper noun

Labrador

The mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in Eastern Canada.

(chiefly, historical) The geographical region including Labrador in sense 1, as well as neighbouring regions of what is now the province of Quebec.

Noun

Labrador (plural Labradors)

Short for Labrador retriever.

Anagrams

• larboard

Source: Wiktionary


Lab`ra*dor", n.

Definition: A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland. Labrador duck (Zoöl.), a sea duck (Camtolaimus Labradorius) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed to be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878.

– Labrador feldspar. See Labradorite.

– Labrador tea (Bot.), a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum (L. palustre and L. latifolium), found in Northern Europe and America. They are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a substitute for hops.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 November 2024

TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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