burnside
IPA: bˈɝnsaɪd
Root Word: Burnside
noun
- Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.
- A suburban area of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6260).
- A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
- An industrial suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand.
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a burn (stream), or in any of the Scottish towns.
- (especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.
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Examples of "burnside" in Sentences
- Burnside was never again assigned to duty.
- Effect of the carbine on Burnside's career.
- Burnside sold a group of Moravians in 1751.
- Burnside is a fairly upper middle class suburb.
- For instance, consider the famous Burnside problem.
- Burnside played in the last 12 games of the campaign.
- Wattle Park is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside.
- Burnside was relieved of command for his role in the debacle.
- Burnside was a center for shipping by rail and steamboat packet.
- The biggest attraction, in the park is the Burnside Swimming Centre.