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Telfordize

Telfordize verb: to furnish (a road) with a Telford pavement.

Verb

Telfordize (third-person singular simple present Telfordizes, present participle Telfordizing, simple past and past participle Telfordized)

  1. (transitive) To furnish (a road) with a Telford pavement.

Forms of Telfordize

third-person singular presentTelfordizes
present participleTelfordizing
past participleTelfordized
pastTelfordized

Origin of Telfordize

From Telford + -ize, after the civil engineer Thomas Telford.

Questions about Telfordize

What does Telfordize mean?
Telfordize means to furnish (a road) with a Telford pavement.
What part of speech is Telfordize?
Telfordize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Telfordize?
The past tense of Telfordize is Telfordized.

Words near Telfordize in the dictionary

  1. Telfeyan
  2. Telfeyans
  3. Telford
  4. Telford and Wrekin
  5. Telfordization
  6. Telfordize
  7. Telfordized
  8. Telfordizes
  9. Telfordizing
  10. Telfords
  11. Telfort

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