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salisbury

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

Editorial note

Perhaps the fields of Salisbury weren't dissected for inheritance purposes or are older and follow more natural lines?

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Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A surname.

noun

A placename:

noun

A place in the United Kingdom:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for salisbury.

noun

A surname.

noun

A placename:

noun

A place in the United Kingdom:

noun

A cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1430).

Example sentences

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Perhaps the fields of Salisbury weren't dissected for inheritance purposes or are older and follow more natural lines?

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My relationship with food has changed a lot in my lifetime, from frozen dinners of steak Salisbury to vegan/raw/organic experimentation.

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We're eating perfectly-prepared filet every day and people are reminiscing about school cafeteria salisbury steak.

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What about Salisbury Steak or other cuts that need extensive work to be consumable?

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There is however the Salisbury convention which is that the HoL shouldn't block legislation that was a manifesto commitment of the governing party.

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Bonus points because I visited Stonehenge and and Salisbury Cathedral Magna Carta on the same day.

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Somewhat related: I was impressed when I once visited Salisbury Cathedral, where there is a restored clock vom 1386 on display.

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> We're eating perfectly-prepared filet every day and people are reminiscing about school cafeteria salisbury steak.

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Okay, though to be fair to me, you said just after > and ignoring the Salisbury Convention (which is that they shouldn’t block manifesto commitments) which is what attracted my question.

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> Contemporary eerie culture is also drawn to the military and security infrastructure that occupies much of England’s land and air space, from Salisbury Plain to Otterburn to Foulness.

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I think a good revising chamber is critical to good democracy, though the Lords recently have been playing silly buggers around the Employment Rights Act and ignoring the Salisbury Convention (which is that they shouldn’t block manifesto commitments).

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I'm a mechanical engineer from Wantage, where this clock was made, (but had no knowledge of it!) I wrote a blog post reverse engineering (including a detailed CAD model) and discussing a very similar but nearly 200 year older clock at the (relatively nearby?) Salisbury cathedral.

Quote examples

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The older generation just couldn't understand the crazy architecture over in Egypt and the slangy "new wave" movement at Salisbury Plain.

Proper noun examples

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Salisbury had a grid pattern back in the 13th century.

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I don't know if the rest of the world sees it, but a big part of the mess is courtesy of the British as a part of an extended and excruciating revenge play for the Russians messing about in Salisbury.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use salisbury in a sentence?

Perhaps the fields of Salisbury weren't dissected for inheritance purposes or are older and follow more natural lines?

What does salisbury mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is salisbury?

salisbury is commonly used as noun.