DictionaryAI

Norton

Short definition from Wiktionary

Proper noun

  1. A place in England: A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).
  2. A place in England: A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).
  3. A place in England: A village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5772).
  4. A place in England: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8884).
  5. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure: A village in Norton-juxta-Kempsey parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, the location of Norton Barracks (OS grid ref SO8751).
  6. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure: A hamlet in Skenfrith community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4420).
  7. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure: A village in Presteigne community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO3067).
  8. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure: A civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  9. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure: A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69.
  10. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure: A city, the county seat of Norton County, Kansas, United States.
  11. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure: A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
  12. An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.

Noun

  1. A motorcycle from the Norton Motorcycle Company, a British manufacturer.
  2. A book, especially an anthology, from the publisher Norton, especially if used as a textbook.

We haven’t written up Norton yet: Simple and Standard meanings, examples and a quiz.