Get to know Scheldt better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like river.
Scheldt in a sentence
Scheldt meaning
A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Synonyms of Scheldt
Using Scheldt
- The main meaning on this page is: A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Useful related words include: scheldt river, river.
- In the example corpus, scheldt often appears in combinations such as: the scheldt, scheldt estuary, western scheldt.
Context around Scheldt
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scheldt
- In this selection, "scheldt" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, western, river, meuse, estuary, river and delta stand out and add context to how "scheldt" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for the scheldt estuary in and in the scheldt and meuse. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scheldt" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scheldt
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Britain had an interest in the Scheldt River and the Meuse flowed from France. (14 words)
France ended the prohibition against seaborne trade on the Scheldt that had been enforced by the Netherlands. (17 words)
Much post-war analysis has thus probed the alternatives that were not taken, such as giving priority to securing the Scheldt estuary. (22 words)
This action had the potential to greatly shorten the Allies' supply lines and trap Gustav-Adolf von Zangen 's 15th Army of 80,000 men on the south side of the Scheldt Estuary. (33 words)
Mr. Chadderton lost part of his right leg while in command of a company of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles battling for the Scheldt Estuary in Belgium and Holland. (28 words)
On 10 July the Anglo-Dutch army made a forced march to surprise the French, reaching the river Scheldt just as the enemy were crossing to the north. (28 words)
Example sentences (12)
Three years ago, the race was held in the Birkpolder district, a development area located in the western Scheldt in the northern part of the municipality.
Flowing south of Walcheren Island is the estuary of the River Scheldt that leads to the huge, deep-water port of Antwerp, Belgium.
Mr. Chadderton lost part of his right leg while in command of a company of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles battling for the Scheldt Estuary in Belgium and Holland.
Britain had an interest in the Scheldt River and the Meuse flowed from France.
First the fall of Antwerp to the Spanish and later also the closing of the Scheldt were causes of a considerable emigration of Antverpians.
France ended the prohibition against seaborne trade on the Scheldt that had been enforced by the Netherlands.
It was the first solid connection between both banks of the Western Scheldt and ended the era of water separating the islands and peninsulas of Zeeland.
Much post-war analysis has thus probed the alternatives that were not taken, such as giving priority to securing the Scheldt estuary.
On 10 July the Anglo-Dutch army made a forced march to surprise the French, reaching the river Scheldt just as the enemy were crossing to the north.
The oldest were in the Scheldt and Meuse areas, with many towns in what's now the Netherlands being much younger and only dating from the 13th century.
The river, which is the main channel in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta system, carries 65% of the total flow of the Rhine.
This action had the potential to greatly shorten the Allies' supply lines and trap Gustav-Adolf von Zangen 's 15th Army of 80,000 men on the south side of the Scheldt Estuary.
Common combinations with scheldt
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: