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delph

delph is the alternative form of delf.

delph is the alternative spelling of Delft.

Meaning of delf

Noun

delf (plural delfs or delves)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
  2. A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile.
    • two delves gules

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Meaning of Delft

Noun

Delft (uncountable)

  1. Blue and white earthenware produced in Delft, Netherlands.
    • Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: Delph

Delph

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Saddleworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9807).
  3. A rural locality in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.

Forms of delph

pluraldelphs

Origin of delph

After the Dutch city of Delft.

(For the village) from Old English delf, gedelf (“quarry”)

Words that rhyme with delph

38 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about delph

What does delph mean?
Delph means a surname.
What is delph the alternative form of?
Delph is the alternative form of delf.
What part of speech is delph?
Delph is a proper noun.

Words near delph in the dictionary

  1. deloyet
  2. deloyets
  3. Delozier
  4. Deloziers
  5. Delp
  6. delph
  7. delphacid
  8. delphacids
  9. delphatine
  10. delpheline
  11. Delphi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: delph (page history and authors); Delph (page history and authors); delf (page history and authors); Delft (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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