Definition of "foss" [foss]

• Alternative spelling of fosse. (noun)
• Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff). (noun)

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• "There Jane's parents lay, not in a grave to themselves, but buried amidst the nameless dead, in that part of the ground reserved for those who can purchase no more than a portion in the foss which is filled when its occupants reach statutable distance from the surface."
• "Interestingly (to me) many of the waterfalls in northern England also have names that include the word "foss" due to Norse placenames."
• "So what is all the foss about Iran becoming a Nuclear power?"