Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dover
IPA transcription: [d'oʊvɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Dover, capital_of_Delaware
    Meaning: the capital of the state of Delaware
Usage examples
  • I understood from his man that he was posting straight to Dover."
  • He talked well himself, too, and between them I almost forgot the time till we arrived at Dover.
  • He lived part of the time in the country near London, in Brighton, in Dover, and in France and Italy.
  • Thenceforward to Dover, they talked together with ceaseless animation. The Cantankerous Old Lady was capital company.
  • Chauvelin, on the other hand, would post to Dover, charter a vessel there, and undoubtedly reach Calais much about the same time.
  • When we arrived at Dover, New Jersey, we got a New York newspaper, and I called his attention to the quotation of that day on General Electric.
  • Once in Calais she would not know where to find her husband, whilst Chauvelin, in stealing the papers at Dover, had obtained the whole itinerary.