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Beardwood

Beardwood proper noun: a suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD663294).

Proper noun

Beardwood (countable and uncountable, plural Beardwoods)

  1. A suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD663294).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Beardwood

pluralBeardwoods
alternative formBeardsworth

Origin of Beardwood

From the Old English personal name Bearda + worþ (“enclosure”). The second element later developed into wood.

Questions about Beardwood

What does Beardwood mean?
Beardwood means a suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD663294).
What part of speech is Beardwood?
Beardwood is a proper noun.

Words near Beardwood in the dictionary

  1. Beardsleys
  2. Beardsworth
  3. Beardsworths
  4. beardtongue
  5. beardtongues
  6. Beardwood
  7. Beardwoods
  8. beardworm
  9. beardworms
  10. beardy
  11. beare

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