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ballycater

ballycater is the alternative form of ballicater.

Meaning of ballicater

Noun

ballicater (usually uncountable, plural ballicaters)

  1. (Newfoundland, usually) Ice formed by the action in winter of spray and waves along the shoreline, making a fringe or band on the landward side.

Forms of ballycater

pluralballycaters

Questions about ballycater

What is ballycater the alternative form of?
Ballycater is the alternative form of ballicater.

Words near ballycater in the dictionary

  1. Ballybofey
  2. Ballybrack
  3. Ballybrophy
  4. Ballybunion
  5. Ballycastle
  6. ballycater
  7. ballycaters
  8. Ballyclare
  9. Ballyconnell
  10. Ballycullane
  11. Ballycumber

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ballycater (page history and authors); ballicater (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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