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Cinderford

Cinderford proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6514).

Proper noun

Cinderford

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6514).

Origin of Cinderford

Recorded as Sinderford 1258, from Old English sinder + ford (“ford built up with cinders”).

Questions about Cinderford

What does Cinderford mean?
Cinderford means a town and civil parish with a town council in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6514).
What part of speech is Cinderford?
Cinderford is a proper noun.

Words near Cinderford in the dictionary

  1. Cinderellan
  2. cinderellas
  3. Cinderellian
  4. Cinderfella
  5. Cinderfellas
  6. Cinderford
  7. Cinderhill
  8. cindering
  9. cinderless
  10. cinderlike
  11. cinderman

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