Weir

Definition of Weir

A weir is a low dam built across a river to raise the level of water upstream or regulate its flow.

How should Weir divide into syllables

The word 'weir' has one syllable. It has two vowels (e and i) and two consonants (w and r).

Part of Speech - Weir

The fish were swimming upstream and had to go over the weir.

Sentences with Weir

• The weir was built to control the water level in the river.
• I saw some fish trying to jump over the weir.
• The weir is used to produce hydroelectric power.
• The water flowed over the weir and into the canal.
• The weir created a calm pool of water upstream.
• The weir was damaged in the storm and needed to be repaired.
• The canoeists had to portage around the weir.
• The water was diverted through the weir to irrigate the fields.
• The weir was causing flooding downstream and had to be removed.
• The fish ladder allowed the fish to bypass the weir.

Quotes with Weir

• A fisherman's weir is a fence with a natural hedge, and a fishing house is a hedge with a natural fence. - John Magee
• It is very easy to overestimate the encyclopedic merits of a dictionary, and very difficult to admit the truth about them - namely, that they are merely manuals, often very useful manuals, for the use of those who already know a little - J. R. R. Tolkien
• In the country, a good Weir is worth a thousand pounds. - John Josselyn
• I like to think that one of the few constants in this world is the Weir family. - Michael Weatherly
• I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians. - Gene Robinson
• I am a big believer in innovation and change. - Gene Weir
• I would never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, but under the right conditions, a crow can lay its own egg. - John Clare
• I think there are a lot of things that we can do to improve education. - Gene Weir
• The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook. - Julia Child
• The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude. - Julia Child
• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
• We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. - Kurt Vonnegut
• We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. - Richard Dawkins
• We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde
• We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty. - G. K. Chesterton
• We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm. - Winston Churchill
• We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. - Marilyn Monroe
• We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. - Robert Louis Stevenson
• We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. - W. H. Auden
• We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin

Number of characters in Weir

4 ( w, e, i, r )

Unique letters in Weir

4 ( w, e, i, r )

Weir Backwards

riew

Phonetic Transcription of Weir

IPA (International): wi:r

ARA (American): wir

EPA (English): wi:r

WIY-R