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# fjord

«fjord» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fjord, fjords); also spelt «fiord», especially in New Zealand

### meaning for a pupil

A fjord is a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, made by a glacier long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, fjords are found in Norway, New Zealand (Milford Sound), Canada, Chile and Greenland; they formed when glaciers carved valleys that the sea later filled. Phrases: «Norwegian fjords», «sail along a fjord».

### examples

- A fjord is a long arm of the sea between steep cliffs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x1)
- We took a boat trip along a Norwegian fjord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x2)
- Milford Sound in New Zealand is really a fjord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x3)
- Glaciers carved the fjords long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x4)
- Waterfalls tumbled down the sides of the fjord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x5)
- The fjord was deep, cold and very still. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x6)

### note

Pronounced «fee-ORD» or «FYORD». Spelling: «fjord», but New Zealand place names often use «fiord» (Fiordland). The word comes from Norwegian. Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [The fjords of Norway are U-shaped valleys later flooded by the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands/3/)
- [A fjord is a deep U-shaped valley carved by a glacier and later flooded by the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fjord» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.