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skerry

/ˈskɛɹi/

skerry noun: a small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.

skerry: a small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms
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Noun

skerry (plural skerries)

  1. A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
    • The Seal (phoca vitulina, Lin. Syft.) which is here generally known by the name of selchy, is very common on most of our low shores, but particularly on those of the small holms and remote skerries, where it is frequently seen reposing and basking in the sun [...].1805, George Barry, History of the Orkney Islands, page 322
    • His companions were very unwilling to leave him on the skerries, perhaps to perish, but the surge increased so fast that after many unsuccessful attempts to bring the boat in close to the stacks, they were obliged to depart and leave the unfortunate man to his fate.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 266

skerry meaning in Tamil

skerry in Tamil

பாறைச் சிறு தீவு

Forms of skerry

pluralskerries

Origin of skerry

From dialectal Scots (Shetlandic and Orcadian) skerry, from Old Norse sker (whence Danish skær and Norwegian Bokmål skjær). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Words that rhyme with skerry

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Questions about skerry

What does skerry mean?
Skerry means a small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
What is skerry in Tamil?
Skerry in Tamil is பாறைச் சிறு தீவு. See Skerry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is skerry?
Skerry is a noun.
How do you pronounce skerry?
Skerry is pronounced /ˈskɛɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of skerry?
The plural of skerry is skerries.

Words near skerry in the dictionary

  1. Skerrett
  2. Skerretts
  3. skerrick
  4. skerricks
  5. skerries
  6. skerry
  7. skervish
  8. Skerys
  9. sket
  10. sketch
  11. sketch book

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skerry (page history and authors); skerry (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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