firth

noun

ˈfərth 

: estuary

Synonyms

• arm
• bay
• bight
• cove
• creek [chiefly British]
• embayment
• estuary
• fjord
• fiord
• gulf
• inlet
• loch [Scottish]

Examples of firth in a Sentence

the Firth of Forth in Scotland

Recent Examples on the Web

The school also placed firth in overall math growth at 89.70% and third overall in English/language arts growth at 86.60%. EStem Junior High School in East Village's math scores grew at a rate of 84.71%, ranking fourth among central Arkansas middle schools. —Lena Miano, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025

For their firth album, McCaughey and Buck went to Chicago and recorded with Wilco as their backing ensemble. —Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 June 2024

The cast have been hard at work on the show's current firth season. —Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 30 Mar. 2021

On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth. —Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020

Wide views across the Solway firth to Scotland provide a handy distraction. —The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019

Gray and harbor seals are a common sight in this firth, or estuary, where several major rivers meet the North Sea. —National Geographic, 16 Feb. 2017

Kevin Harvick was firth, followed by fellow Ford drivers Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Joey Logano. —Mark Long, The Seattle Times, 30 June 2017

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old Norse fjǫrthr — more at ford

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for firth

• berth
• birth
• dearth
• earth
• girth
• mirth
• worth
• afterbirth
• childbirth
• rebirth
• stillbirth
• tamworth

Kids Definition

firth

noun

ˈfərth 

: a narrow arm of the sea