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beckside

beckside adjective: beside a beck (stream).

Adjective

beckside (not comparable)

  1. (Northern England) Beside a beck (stream).
    • a beckside walk
    • One huge horse and thousands of tiny mice have brought lasting fame to this pretty little beckside village at the foot of the steep, wooded Hambleton Hills.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 240, about Kilburn, North Yorkshire

Origin of beckside

From beck + side.

Questions about beckside

What does beckside mean?
Beckside means beside a beck (stream).
What part of speech is beckside?
Beckside is an adjective.

Words near beckside in the dictionary

  1. beckoningly
  2. beckonings
  3. beckons
  4. beckons wanted
  5. becks
  6. beckside
  7. Beckstead
  8. Becksteads
  9. Beckstein
  10. Beckstrand
  11. Beckstrands

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