the Clyde
/ðə ˈklaɪd/
/ðə ˈklaɪd/
- a river in south-west Scotland, flowing through Glasgow and into the Irish Sea. It is 106 miles/170 kilometres long. There were once shipyards (= places where ships are built) along its banks but this industry has now almost disappeared in Britain.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
the Clyde