An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
firth
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for firth.
Editorial note
I've a Vic Firth (yes, that Vic Firth) one that I've had for a couple decades.
Quick take
An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of firth gathered in one view.
A parish on the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3514 (approx.)
A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for firth.
noun
An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
noun
A parish on the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3514 (approx.)
noun
A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
noun
A hamlet south-east of Lilliesleaf, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5423).
Example sentences
I've a Vic Firth (yes, that Vic Firth) one that I've had for a couple decades.
Maybe Regency aesthetes do find the dour Colin Firth look+manners as attractive as bronze agers found their perverts?
Or famines and rioting around the Moray Firth in the 1840s so bad that the army was brought in.
> Vic Firth Fun fact, Vic Firth nowadays is part of Zildjian.
The NI and Pendland Firth schemes don't rely on a barrage but on the very strong tidal streams naturally found in those areas.
My firth though was someone doing it on the sly, to leak deliberately.
She knew I owned Vic Firth sticks and he generously signed a pack of sticks for her to give to me.
The Antonine Wall sits on the narrowest useful neck of Britain, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, so you get a frontier from sea to sea with the minimum amount of digging and building.
Torness, the Firth of Forth, blocking sea access to Edinburgh.
The Vic Firth have held up for over 2 years.
The installation in the Pentland Firth is a fundamentally different category as it is installed in open water (albeit in a firth or channel) which is much less environmentally impactful and has 2-4 orders of magnitude more suitable sites globally.
It's Colin Firth rather than Hugh Grant.
Quote examples
There's a pretty insane scheme called "underground coal gasification" which had been proposed for the Firth of Forth.
Proper noun examples
Very much aimed at storing surplus from a couple of wind farms in the Moray Firth.
My mom worked for Shamrock Foods and was at a restaurant supply show and ended up meeting, of all people, Vic Firth, selling pepper grinders.
The only theoretical school I know of that had a chance of moving in the right direction (until very recently) was Firth's.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use firth in a sentence?
I've a Vic Firth (yes, that Vic Firth) one that I've had for a couple decades.
What does firth mean?
An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
What part of speech is firth?
firth is commonly used as noun.