ness
pronunciation
How to pronounce ness in British English:
UK [nes]
How to pronounce ness in American English:
US [nes]
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- Noun:
- a strip of land projecting into a body of water
Word Origin
- ness
- ness: see nose
- ness (n.)
- obsolete except in place names, Old English næs "a promontory," related to nasu "nose" (see nose (n.)). Cognate with Old Norse nes, Danish næs, Swedish näs, Middle Dutch nesse.
Example
- 1. Can you take me to van ness and sutter please ?
- 2. We live in a nice villa near the loch ness .
- 3. Mr. ness , everybody knows where the booze is .
- 4. We 're going to loch ness !
- 5. The anticipated fat profits from renewables could prove as elusive as the fabled loch ness monster .