Used in a Sentence

cornish

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cornish.

Editorial note

All tasted excellent, even the cornish X which are what you would get at a grocery store.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cornish gathered in one view.

noun

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

noun

A place in the United States:

noun

An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cornish.

noun

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

noun

A place in the United States:

noun

An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.

noun

A town and census-designated place therein, in York County, Maine.

Example sentences

1

All tasted excellent, even the cornish X which are what you would get at a grocery store.

2

Whether that's the rural accents ranging from the Cornish (south west) to Norfolk (south east).

3

As of 2011 there were 557 people that claimed Cornish as their primary language.

4

Being a proud Cornish surfer and one of his earlier fans this saddens me.

5

They mainly help with administering the tiny foreign language projects that don't have a big enough community to run themselves, like Cornish Wikiquote.

6

There has been some popular demand for Cornish devolution, but Whitehall is only prepared to entertain it within some greater south west region.

7

I prefer the heritage breeds' taste, but some of my family members prefer the Cornish Cross.

8

I doubt that the Scots or the Welsh or even the Cornish would consider the Anglo-Saxons to be the 'natives'.

9

Plus any place with Cornish pasties at every stop steals my heart.

10

I've had standard cornish rock cross that were pastured and they tasted amazing.

11

With political identities UK becoming Welsh, Scottish, English, even Mannish (Is there a Cornish nationalism?), where does that leave the Ulster Scots (who generally don't go by that demonym)?

12

I've raised heritage breeds and Cornish Cross (the result of the cross-breeding of the two breeds the article mentions), and the difference in their health, when raised under nearly identical conditions, is starkly impossible to ignore.

Quote examples

1

Joe Cornish went on to direct "Attack the Block".

Proper noun examples

1

The Union Jack for instance could represent Gaelic, Welsh or Cornish, but most people know it means English.

2

But then maybe he also owns one of Kraftwerk's original vocoders, modified to produce output in Cornish.

3

The P-Celtic languages are the forefathers of Welsh, Breton and Cornish.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cornish in a sentence?

All tasted excellent, even the cornish X which are what you would get at a grocery store.

What does cornish mean?

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

What part of speech is cornish?

cornish is commonly used as noun.