Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

n. - A battle in 1513; A hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513.

edit
Usage examples (36)
  • It's doubly powerful if you know just what a yew tree represents in Scotland, and what 'Flodden' was.
  • Eastward of Flodden the Till flows north to join the Tweed.
  • "Both my grandfathers were killed at Flodden," sobbed Fleming.
  • Sir Walter Scott's "Tale of Flodden Field" and his famous lines:
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.