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ness N0066200 (nĕs)n. A cape or headland. [Middle English ness, from Old English næss; see nas- in Indo-European roots.]ness (nɛs) n (Physical Geography) a. archaic a promontory or headlandb. (capital as part of a name): Orford Ness. [Old English næs headland; related to Old Norse nes, Old English nasu nose]
Ness (nɛs) n (Placename) Loch Ness a lake in NW Scotland, in the Great Glen: said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster. Length: 36 km (22.5 miles). Depth: 229 m (754 ft)ness (nɛs) n. a headland; promontory; cape. [before 900; Middle English -nes(se) (in place names), in part continuing Old English næs, in part < Old Norse nes] -ness a suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; obligingness; preparedness. [Middle English, Old English -nes, -nis, c. Old High German -nessi, Gothic -nassus; suffix orig. *-assus; -n- by false division of words with adj. and past participle stems ending in -n-; compare Old English efnes (later efen-nys) evenness] Ness (nɛs) n. Loch, a lake in SW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 mi. (37 km) long. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | ness - a strip of land projecting into a body of watercapedry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"spit, tongue - a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea |
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nessa. Archaic a promontory or headland b. (capital as part of a name): Orford Ness
Ness Loch. a lake in NW Scotland, in the Great Glen: said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster. Length: 36 km (22.5 miles). Depth: 229 m (754 ft.) Ness (Loch Ness), a lake in northern Great Britain, in Scotland. Loch Ness lies in the Great Glen of Scotland, a glacial tectonic valley; it is approximately 40 km long, with depths to 230 m and an area of 56 sq km. The banks are high and rocky. The lake does not freeze. Its waters flow into Moray Firth of the Atlantic Ocean. Loch Ness is part of the Caledonian Canal. A “Loch Ness monster” is reputed to live in the lake. NESS
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Synonyms for nessnoun a strip of land projecting into a body of waterSynonymsRelated Words- dry land
- ground
- solid ground
- terra firma
- earth
- land
- spit
- tongue
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