What does time-honoured mean?
Time-honoured means (British spelling) Alternative spelling of time-honored..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of time-honored..
It would have been a great privilege to be the mistress of an old time-honoured mansion, to call oaks and elms her own, to know that acres of gardens were submitted to her caprices, to look at herds of cows and oxen, and be aware that they lowed on her own pastures.
The formation of sulphuric acid is inhibited in the presence of metallic oxides and the method of application in this instance would really be no more difficult than the time-honoured trick of sprinkling sand on the fire to clean the tubes.
I was also interested to hear that he is taking over the time-honoured Rail Atlas of Great Britain & Ireland, following Stuart Baker's death in November 2020.
Use time-honoured when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Time-honoured means (British spelling) Alternative spelling of time-honored..
Common synonyms include traditional, time-honored, honorable, honourable.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It would have been a great privilege to be the mistress of an old time-honoured mansion, to call oaks and elms her own, to know that acres of gardens were submitted to her caprices, to look at herds of cows and oxen, and be aware that they lowed on her own pastures.
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