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Sellafield

Sellafield proper noun: a former village in Beckermet parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, now the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant, formerly known as Windscale (OS grid ref NY0203).

Proper noun

Sellafield

  1. A former village in Beckermet parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, now the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant, formerly known as Windscale (OS grid ref NY0203).
    • One can't escape the huge nuclear facility at Sellafield (supplier of much of the line's remaining freight traffic), or miss the wild shingle beaches with exposed and precarious bungalows sandwiched between the railway and the shore at Braystones.2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57

Questions about Sellafield

What does Sellafield mean?
Sellafield means a former village in Beckermet parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough, now the site of a nuclear reprocessing plant, formerly known as Windscale (OS grid ref NY0203).
What part of speech is Sellafield?
Sellafield is a proper noun.

Words near Sellafield in the dictionary

  1. sellably
  2. Sellack
  3. sellae
  4. sellae turcicae
  5. sellaeform
  6. Sellafield
  7. sellaite
  8. sellanders
  9. sellar
  10. Sellards
  11. Sellardses

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