Definition of Sheffield

1. Noun. A steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: South Yorkshire

Definition of Sheffield

1. Proper noun. A city in Yorkshire, England. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheffield

Shea
Sheandra
Shearer
Sheba
Shebat
Shebrew
Shebrews
Sheehan's syndrome
Sheela
Sheena
Sheetrock
Sheetrocked
Sheetrocking
Sheetrocks
Sheffer stroke
Sheffield (current term)
Sheffield stand
Sheffield stands
Sheila
Sheilagh
Shekkacho
Shel Silverstein
Shelby
Shelby Silverstein
Shelbyville
Shelbyvillian
Shelbyvillians
Sheldon
Sheldonian
Sheldrake

Literary usage of Sheffield

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1860)
"Frederick Brown, lived in Sheffield ; Ruth,' in White Pigeon; and Maria* m. Chapin, and settled in Uxbridge, Mass. Charles wa» drowned in St. Joseph's ..."

2. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts (1843)
"Joel Rose, Wadsley, near Sheffield, pocket knife cutler. ... Fox, Sheffield, table knife and blade grinder.— William Birks, Sheffield, brace bit maker. ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"We question if there is a savage so benighted who, however ignorant he may be of its import, can not see Sheffield deeply branded on his knife, ..."

4. Bulletin by Tennessee Division of Geology, Geological Survey, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1913)
"Sheffield.—Near Sheffield there are several seams in the "Rockwood" formation in which the iron oxide sediments range from 6 to 7 inches to possibly two ..."

5. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1899)
"CHAPTER XIV Sheffield and its Surroundings THE DON FROM MEXBOROUGH TO ROTHERHAM — THRYBERGH WENT- WORTH THE NORTHERN EDGE OF SheffieldSheffield IN ..."

6. Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin by Public Affairs Information Service (1920)
"Industrial Sheffield and Rotherham: the official handbook of the Sheffield ... 355p il tables maps ? price '19 Bemrose Sheffield as an industrial center. ..."

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