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downs
1/ daʊnz /
plural noun
- Also calleddownland rolling upland, esp in the chalk areas of S Britain, characterized by lack of trees and used mainly as pasture
- a flat grassy area, not necessarily of uplands
Downs
2/ daʊnz /
noun
- any of various ranges of low chalk hills in S England, esp the South Downs in Sussex
- a roadstead off the SE coast of Kent, protected by the Goodwin Sands
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