manchester

UK /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/ US /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/

name 5noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

best, british, greater, growing, pink, pink, public, red

She grew up in greater Manchester and still visits her family there every summer.

VERB + MANCHESTER

band, beat, consider, get, moved, went, working

The band went to Manchester to perform at the famous music venue last summer.

MANCHESTER + NOUN

aldershot, city, department, glasgow, glaswegians, kingdom, shoes

Manchester City won the Premier League title for the third consecutive year.

PREP.

from, from, in, in, up

I've lived in Manchester for ten years and wouldn't want to move anywhere else.

Definitions

name

A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.

In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.

A parish of Jamaica.

A town in Bolivia.

A small community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

A settlement in Suriname.

noun

A type of cotton fabric, or a piece of clothing made from such fabric.

Betsy, as Muslin, had a very showy striped pink and white Manchester, pink shoes, red Ribbons in abundance and a short Apron.

Household linen, especially as a category of goods in a store.

My love of linen stems from two sources. My first proper job working in the manchester department at Target, where I learnt how to style a miniature bed into a showroom-worthy display.

David Jones says more than half-a-million shoppers will visit its four Victorian stores. The most popular items are Christmas decorations, women's shoes, men's shirts and manchester.

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Example Bank

Wiktionary

Betsy, as Muslin, had a very showy striped pink and white Manchester, pink shoes, red Ribbons in abundance and a short Apron.

Wiktionary

My love of linen stems from two sources. My first proper job working in the manchester department at Target, where I learnt how to style a miniature bed into a showroom-worthy display.

Wiktionary

David Jones says more than half-a-million shoppers will visit its four Victorian stores. The most popular items are Christmas decorations, women's shoes, men's shirts and manchester.

Wiktionary

Manchester United won the match, four to two.

Tatoeba · #371441

I'm a British girl from Manchester.

Tatoeba · #466645

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, manchester is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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