Definition of "fiords" [fiords]

• Plural form of fiord. (noun)

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• "The high rocky banks shelter these deep bays (called fiords) from almost every wind; so that their waters are usually as still as those of a lake."
• "In the 1970s, when British novelist Bruce Chatwin wrote his defining book, "In Patagonia," he described a land of icy fiords and mysterious caves, still the preserve of adventurers and misfits."
• "When not scaling glaciers and circumnavigating Arctic fiords, as he has been for the past two weeks, he is well known internationally for his open-source attitude to recombinant music, and his experimental avant-garde hip hop and electronic music."