Antonyms for esker

Grammar : Noun

Spell : es-ker

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛs kər

Definition of esker

Origin : "deposit left by a glacial stream," 1852, from Irish eiscir "ridge of gravel."

As in knoll : noun small hill
As in ridge : noun raised part of solid
As in hill : noun uprising of earth's surface; pile
As in hillock : noun small hill

Example sentences :

And he went to the friars at Esker to take it off of him, and they took it off.
Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series » by Lady Gregory

Do you think he will teach us to do cures like the friars used at Esker?
Extract from : « Where There is Nothing » by William Butler Yeats

I'll be bound he's on the Esker, looking afther the sheep, poor crathurs, durin' Andy Connor's illness in the small-pock.
Extract from : « The Dead Boxer » by William Carleton

Under that end of this Esker which pointed nearest to the south-west, stood the chapel we have just mentioned.
Extract from : « The Tithe-Proctor » by William Carleton

One esker only has been found in the region under consideration.
Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury

The esker is fully a quarter of a mile long, about thirty feet high, and four rods wide at its base.
Extract from : « The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin » by Rollin D. Salisbury

The Esker friars used to do great cures—Father Callaghan was the best of them.
Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series » by Lady Gregory

I often saw Father Callaghan in Esker and the people brought to him in carts.
Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series » by Lady Gregory

Synonyms for esker

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