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Definition of telford

telford

/ˈtɛlfəd/
Tel · ford
Plural:telfords
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telford Lexical Profile

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• noun

1

A large new town in Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England, located east of Shrewsbury near the Ironbridge Gorge.

2

A type of road pavement or subbase constructed from a foundation of large, flat stones set on edge by hand, wedged tightly with smaller stones, and topped with a compacted layer of crushed gravel.

Example

"The nineteenth-century turnpike was built with a durable telford base to support heavy horse-drawn wagons."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Named after Thomas Telford (1757–1834), a prominent Scottish civil engineer who pioneered this method of road construction in the early 19th century.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Telford. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/telford
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