name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
wherry
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈʍɛɹi/
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/ˈwɛɹi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛɹi
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CMU ARPABET: W EH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH W EH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A boat or light ship used to navigate inland waterways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Broader terms: watercraft, vessel, vehicle
noun
Meaning 3
A flat-bottomed vessel once employed by British merchants, notably in East Anglia, sometimes converted into pleasure boats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical
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noun
Meaning 4
A liquor made from the pulp of crab-apples after the verjuice is extracted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
To travel or transport in a wherry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dinghy, dory, rowboat
noun
Meaning 7
sailing barge used especially in East Anglia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Norfolk wherry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter
History
Etymology
From Middle English whery (“small boat”), of obscure origin but cognate to French houari and Breton ouari, as well as Welsh chweri (“small boat”).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: xalana — a kind of boat
- Dutch: veerboot — a kind of boat
- French: chaland — a kind of boat
- Irish: báirse — a kind of boat
- Manx: wherree — a kind of boat
- Spanish: chalana — a kind of boat