FJORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fjord mean? 

• FJORD (noun)
  The noun FJORD has 1 sense:

1. a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

  Familiarity information: FJORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FJORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

fiord; fjord

Hypernyms ("fjord" is a kind of...):

inlet; recess (an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands))

Instance hyponyms:

Trondheim Fiord; Trondheim Fjord (a long narrow inlet of the Norwegian Sea)

 Context examples 

Scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the Institute of Marine Research in Norway used a unique combination of experiments to track larvae movements, using a magnetoreception test facility, or MagLab, and a Norwegian fjord, a natural environment of Atlantic haddock larvae.

(North Atlantic haddock use magnetic compass to guide them, National Science Foundation)