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crewe

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

Editorial note

Plenty of choice for houses in Crewe and Stoke, and plenty of minimum wage jobs.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7055).

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7055).

noun

A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.

noun

A group of people, especially in Louisiana, who support a Mardi Gras float in parades, as well as other charity work.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for crewe.

noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7055).

noun

A town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.

noun

A group of people, especially in Louisiana, who support a Mardi Gras float in parades, as well as other charity work.

noun

(uncountable) A placename:

Example sentences

1

Plenty of choice for houses in Crewe and Stoke, and plenty of minimum wage jobs.

2

Then we took a wrong turn at Crewe and ended up in Archangelsk twelve days later with beriberi.

3

Manchester to London - at least pre covid, had 3 trains per hour, one via Crewe which was slightly longer, the others via Stoke.

4

I've seen the inside of Crewe quite a few times more than I originally intended.

5

Looking in the west midlands, Crewe is missing on some zoom level (not sure how far in) while the smaller towns that surround it are there.

6

I spoke to life long remainer lib dems in the Tory/Lab marginal seat of Crewe and Nantwich who were voting Tory to stop Corbyn.

7

If you're really price sensitive you can get there for just 14 quid (you have to change at Crewe and take an extra hour and a half of journey time).

8

Connections to HS1/Europe, and to Leeds, Golborne, East Midlands, Manchester and finally even Crewe have all been cancelled so now extra expenditures will focus instead on Euston Station.

9

We can run London - Europe double decker today and if we connected HS2 to HS1 it would probably be possible to run from Birmingham, Crewe and Manchester to continental Europe too.

10

> I spoke to life long remainer lib dems in the Tory/Lab marginal seat of Crewe and Nantwich who were voting Tory to stop Corbyn.

11

There's definitely twenty minutes south of Crewe where I have to put my laptop away or I'll feel sick, and can't have a full cup of tea on the table without a lid.

12

They should at least finish it to Crewe where it can actually start to relieve traffic from the West Coast Mainline which is full; you can hardly ever find tickets less than £150 return and trains are often packed.

Proper noun examples

1

Crewe does take the shorted route - Stafford, Trent valley, then bypassing rugby.

2

For example there are a few different routes between Euston and Crewe, and I don’t think the fastest non-stopping trains take the shortest route.

3

Crewe is a station of despair for the British rail network despite not being a last stop, instead in fact because it's something like the heart of the network.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use crewe in a sentence?

Plenty of choice for houses in Crewe and Stoke, and plenty of minimum wage jobs.

What does crewe mean?

A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7055).

What part of speech is crewe?

crewe is commonly used as noun.