Word
winchester
Phoneticswin·ches·ter
/ˈwɪnˌtʃɛstɝ/
Definitions
01a city
n. a historic city in the south of England, famous for its cathedral.
n. the county town of Hampshire, England, and former capital of the Kingdom of Wessex.
“We spent the weekend visiting the ancient cathedral in Winchester.”
“Winchester served as the capital of England during the Anglo-Saxon period, making it a site of immense archaeological and historical significance.”
03a hard disk
n. an old name for a computer's hard drive.
n. an early type of hard disk drive technology developed by IBM.
“The old computer used a Winchester drive to store its data.”
“Early mainframe operators often referred to the storage units as Winchester drives, a nickname derived from the IBM 3030 project code name.”
Archaic · Technical
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04a large bottle
n. a large glass bottle used to hold chemicals or liquids.
n. a bottle with a capacity of a Winchester quart, approximately 2.25 litres, typically used in laboratories.
“The technician carefully poured the acid from the Winchester into a smaller jar.”
“The laboratory storeroom was lined with amber Winchester bottles containing various industrial solvents and reagents.”
British English · Technical
Etymology
From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”). The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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