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machair in British English
(ˈmæxər)
noun
Scottish
(in the western Highlands of Scotland) a strip of sandy, grassy, often lime-rich land just above the high-water mark at a sandy shore: used as grazing or arable land
Word origin
C17: from Scottish GaelicExamples of 'machair' in a sentencemachair
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- at-ones-own-risk
- at one's peril
- at-ones-peril
- at one's wits' end
- at-ones-wits-end
- at one's worst
- at-ones-worst
- at one time
- atonia
- atonic
- atonicity
- atoningly
- atony
- atop
- atopic
- atopy
- -ator
- ator
- at or behind the wheel
- at or by the roadside
- at or on hand
- at or on the double
- at or on the first attempt
- a torrent of abuse/questions
- -atory