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Coventry
[ kuhv-uhn-tree, kov- ]
noun
- a city in West Midlands, in central England: heavily bombed 1940; cathedral.
- a town in central Rhode Island.
Coventry
/ ˈɒəԳٰɪ /
noun
- a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- a unitary authority in central England, in West Midlands. Pop: 305 000 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (37 sq miles)
- send to Coventryto ostracize or ignore
Idioms and Phrases
- send to Coventry, to refuse to associate with; openly and pointedly ignore:
His friends sent him to Coventry after he was court-martialed.
Example Sentences
It was previously involved in an emergency landing in 1998, when its pilot made a "wheels up landing" at Coventry Airport.
Victory would move Rovers into the top six but only if two of Bristol City, Coventry and Millwall fail to win.
As the university was campus based, the only options for students who did not live on campus were to live in Canley, Coventry, or Leamington Spa.
In November we spoke to Amy Wilkes, 23, from Coventry who was struggling to find a job after getting a degree in criminology, policing and investigation.
He had five more managerial stints, with his hometown club Middlesbrough, Coventry City, Blackburn, Sunderland and Birmingham before returning to The Hawthorns.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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