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Definition of “Ordnance Survey”

Ordnance Survey

Definitions

noun

  1. the official map-making body of the British or Irish government

Example Sentences Including 'Ordnance Survey'

A phone call to the Ordnance Survey confirmed that they would have the maps she wanted available for collection that afternoon.
Murray, Stephen Death and Transfiguration
An old Ordnance Survey map will show springs, wells and small streams for your area.
Marian Green WILD WITCHCRAFT: A Guide to Natural, Herbal and Earth Magic (2002)
It took them two more days to locate the caravan, with the help of an Ordnance Survey map, and a lot of walking.
Kippax, Frank The Scar
People who aren't, such as visiting ramblers, usually turn up at the gate with their Ordnance Survey map and look around in disbelief.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
The Ordnance Survey has had a series of bitter legal battles with disgruntled customers.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
The map's little amber necklace of roundabouts, so pretty on Ordnance Survey , now had her totally foxed.
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)

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