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gorton

UK/ˈɡɔː.tən/US/ˈɡɔɹ.tən/

gorton noun: synonym of creton.

Noun

gorton (plural gortons)

  1. Synonym of creton.
    Synonyms:
    creton

Proper noun capitalized: Gorton

Gorton (countable and uncountable, plural Gortons)

  1. A surname.
  2. An area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8896).
  3. A remote location on the West Highland Line and Rannoch Moor in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, which had a school for children of railway employees at one time (OS grid ref NN3947).
    • What is probably the only school of its kind in existence in the British Isles is to be found at Gorton in the heart of Rannoch Moor among some of the wildest scenery in the West Highlands. [...] Consequently, the Education Authority of Argyllshire, in which Gorton is situated, approached the...1941 May, “Notes and News: School on a Railway Platform”, in Railway Magazine, page 233
  4. An electoral division in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Synonyms of gorton

Forms of gorton

Noun
pluralgortons
Proper noun
pluralGortons

Words formed from gorton

Words that rhyme with gorton

Questions about gorton

What does gorton mean?
Gorton means synonym of creton.
What part of speech is gorton?
Gorton can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce gorton?
Gorton is pronounced /ˈɡɔː.tən/ (UK).
What is the plural of gorton?
The plural of gorton is gortons.

Words near gorton in the dictionary

  1. Gorsuch
  2. gorsy
  3. gort
  4. Gortatlea
  5. gortdrumite
  6. gorton
  7. Gortonian
  8. Gortonians
  9. Gortonist
  10. Gortonists
  11. Gortonite

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